???? 據(jù)天然氣資訊2月5日消息稱，由于最近能源市場(chǎng)的激增，巴拿馬運(yùn)河在1月份創(chuàng)下了過(guò)境和液化天然氣船舶噸位的月度新紀(jì)錄。

????一月份，共有58艘液化天然氣船通過(guò)Neopanamax船閘過(guò)境，總計(jì)674萬(wàn)巴拿馬運(yùn)河噸（PC/UMS）。此前的月度記錄是在2020年1月創(chuàng)下的54次過(guò)境，以及在2020年11月創(chuàng)下的623萬(wàn)PC/UMS。

????巴拿馬運(yùn)河管理員Ricaurte Vásquez Morales說(shuō)：“這些成就重申了運(yùn)河的適應(yīng)能力，并保證了我們的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力和可靠性，以抓住市場(chǎng)變化帶來(lái)的機(jī)遇，包括液化天然氣市場(chǎng)在內(nèi)。一個(gè)多世紀(jì)以來(lái)，巴拿馬運(yùn)河已經(jīng)顯示出它對(duì)全球貿(mào)易變化的反應(yīng)能力，過(guò)去一年世界經(jīng)歷的情況也不會(huì)例外。”

????巴拿馬運(yùn)河最近對(duì)其進(jìn)程進(jìn)行了調(diào)整，使其運(yùn)作更具靈活性，并更有效地應(yīng)對(duì)海上貿(mào)易需求的不斷變化，這反映在目前使用該水道的船只組合上。

????1月，巴拿馬運(yùn)河宣布對(duì)過(guò)境預(yù)訂系統(tǒng)進(jìn)行修改。

????自修改以來(lái)，該運(yùn)河已經(jīng)進(jìn)行了25次拍賣(mài)，其中9次被授予液化天然氣船。此外，運(yùn)河能夠在1月25日的一天內(nèi)通過(guò)三艘向北的液化天然氣船，并在1月31日的一天內(nèi)通過(guò)四艘液化天然氣船，兩艘向北和兩艘向南。這使運(yùn)河能夠最大限度地提高運(yùn)輸服務(wù)的效率和靈活性，以更好地應(yīng)對(duì)目前的需求。

????通過(guò)巴拿馬運(yùn)河的液化天然氣過(guò)境量，是亞洲冬季氣溫創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的結(jié)果，這已導(dǎo)致液化天然氣價(jià)格升至前所未有的水平。

????曹海斌 摘譯自 天然氣資訊

????原文如下：

????Panama Canal sets LNG transit and tonnage record

????The Panama Canal set a new monthly record for transits and tonnage of LNG vessels in January, as a result of the recent surge in the energy market.

????In January, a total of 58 LNG vessels transited through the Neopanamax Locks, totalling 6.74 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS). The previous monthly records were set in January 2020 with 54 transits and in November 2020 with 6.23 million PC/UMS.

????“These achievements reaffirm the Canal’s ability to adapt and guarantee our competitiveness and reliability to capture the opportunities presented by market changes, including the LNG segment,” said Panama Canal Administrator, Ricaurte Vásquez Morales. “For more than a century, the Panama Canal has demonstrated its responsiveness to global trade changes, and what the world has experienced in the past year will not be the exception.”

????The Panama Canal implemented recent adjustments in its processes to provide greater flexibility in its operations and respond more efficiently to the continuous changes in the demands of maritime trade, reflected in the current vessel mix that use the waterway.

????In January, the Panama Canal announced modifications to the Transit Reservation Booking System.

????Since the modifications, the Canal has conducted 25 auctions, of which nine have been awarded to LNG vessels. In addition, the Canal was able to transit three northbound LNG vessels in one day, on 25 January, and the transit of four LNG ships, two northbound and two southbound, in one day on 31 January. This has allowed the Canal to maximise the efficiency and flexibility of the transit service to better handle the current demand.

????The increase of LNG transits through the Panama Canal is a result of record winter temperatures in Asia, which have caused LNG prices to rise to unprecedented levels.