据5月23日液化天然气工业网站报道，韩国现代液化天然气航运公司已开始运营一艘液化天然气加注船。

该船由HD现代重工建造，于2023年5月10日被命名为“蓝鲸”。韩国天然气公司子公司韩国液化天然气公司（KOLB）是船东。KOLB于2020年被选入贸易、工业和能源部的“LNG加注船建设支援项目”，并以150亿韩元的政府补贴订购了该船，并在建设约两年后交付使用。

“蓝鲸”是韩国第一艘配备韩国设计的最新液化天然气货物安全密封系统（KC-2）的液化天然气加注船，被视为该国货物安全密封技术国产化的成就，韩国造船业20年来一直在挑战这一技术。

此外，一旦KC-2技术通过“蓝鲸”的安全运营得到验证，韩国将通过将其应用于大型液化天然气运输船的商业化过程，拥有自己独特的高附加值货舱技术。

韩国现代液化天然气航运公司在一次招标中被选为“蓝鲸”的运营商，以稳定运营该船，并将根据船东的工作指示执行液化天然气加注、船舶运营和管理以及政府审批等任务。

洪伟立 摘译自 液化天然气工业 网站

原文如下：

Hyundai LNG Shipping commences operation of LNG bunkering vessels

The vessel, built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, was named ‘BLUE WHALE’ on 10 May 2023. Korea LNG Bunkering (KOLB), a subsidiary of Korea Gas Corporation, is the shipowner. KOLB was selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's 'LNG Bunkering Vessel Construction Support Project' in 2020 and ordered the vessel with a government subsidy of KRW 15 billion, and took delivery of the vessel after about two years of construction.

The BLUE WHALE is the first LNG bunkering vessel in Korea to be equipped with the latest South Korean-designed LNG cargo containment system (KC-2), and is regarded as an achievement of localisation of cargo containment technology, which the Korean shipbuilding industry has been challenging for 20 years.

In addition, once the KC-2 technology is verified through BLUE WHALE, Korea will have its own unique cargo bunker technology with high added value through the commercialisation process of applying it to large LNG carriers.

Hyundai LNG Shipping was selected as the operator of the BLUE WHALE in a tender to stably operate the vessel, and will perform LNG bunkering, vessel operation and management, and government approval tasks according to the shipowner's work instructions.