???? 據天然氣資訊2月5日消息稱，由于最近能源市場的激增，巴拿馬運河在1月份創下了過境和液化天然氣船舶噸位的月度新紀錄。

????一月份，共有58艘液化天然氣船通過Neopanamax船閘過境，總計674萬巴拿馬運河噸（PC/UMS）。此前的月度記錄是在2020年1月創下的54次過境，以及在2020年11月創下的623萬PC/UMS。

????巴拿馬運河管理員Ricaurte Vásquez Morales說：“這些成就重申了運河的適應能力，并保證了我們的競爭力和可靠性，以抓住市場變化帶來的機遇，包括液化天然氣市場在內。一個多世紀以來，巴拿馬運河已經顯示出它對全球貿易變化的反應能力，過去一年世界經歷的情況也不會例外。”

????巴拿馬運河最近對其進程進行了調整，使其運作更具靈活性，并更有效地應對海上貿易需求的不斷變化，這反映在目前使用該水道的船只組合上。

????1月，巴拿馬運河宣布對過境預訂系統進行修改。

????自修改以來，該運河已經進行了25次拍賣，其中9次被授予液化天然氣船。此外，運河能夠在1月25日的一天內通過三艘向北的液化天然氣船，并在1月31日的一天內通過四艘液化天然氣船，兩艘向北和兩艘向南。這使運河能夠最大限度地提高運輸服務的效率和靈活性，以更好地應對目前的需求。

????通過巴拿馬運河的液化天然氣過境量，是亞洲冬季氣溫創紀錄的結果，這已導致液化天然氣價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.