据管道&天然气杂志网6月14日报道，据经纪商表示，本周现货市场液化天然气油轮运费创下年度纪录，贸易商纷纷抬高可用船只的价格，以满足全球对这种冷冻天然气日益增长的需求。
船舶经纪商和液化天然气咨询公司Poten & Partners表示，对液化天然气需求飙升，导致更多的长期租船，限制了现货市场的船只供应。
他称，摧毁了自由港液化天然气加工和出口终端的大火没有影响现货价格的上涨。这家工厂至少要停工一个月。
Poten商业情报主管Jason Feer表示，在大西洋流域运输16万立方米液化天然气的现货价格为每天10万美元，亚洲或苏伊士以东地区的货物为每天8.5万美元。
与今年的平均水平相比，这两种价格都大幅上涨，亚洲年均价为每天4.9万美元。日运费在3月份触底，自5月份以来一直非常强劲。
Feer表示，”长期租船合同大幅增加，现货市场的运力正在下降。我们看到了一些10年期的租船合同，这是我们多年前没有看到的“。他拒绝透露长期租船公司的名字。在过去的两个冬天，由于交通不便，买主转向了长期租船。他说，未来几个月租赁的船只将减少，导致供应紧张。
Feer称，”（自由港液化天然气停工）应该会产生影响。任何地方的供应减少都意味着需求减少，但我们没有看到这种情况“。相反，根据船只大小和位置的不同，现货运费上周上涨了4%至30%。
郝芬 译自 管道&天然气杂志网
原文如下：
LNG Tanker Charter Rates Hit Record Highs as Demand Soars
Spot-market rates for LNG tankers this week set annual records as traders bid up available vessels to meet rising global demand for the chilled gas, according to brokers.
Soaring demand for LNG have led to more long-term charters, limiting the supply of vessels to the spot market, said shipbroker and LNG consultancy Poten & Partners.
The fire that knocked out the Freeport LNG gas-processing and export terminal has not affected the increase in spot rates, he said. The plant is out of operation through at least month's end.
Spot rates for transporting 160,000 cubic meters of LNG in the Atlantic Basin is $100,000 per day, and $85,000 per day for Asia, or the East-of-Suez, cargoes, said Poten's head of business intelligence Jason Feer.
Both prices are up substantially compared to the average for the year, with year-date average for Asia of $49,000 per day. Day rates bottomed in March and have been very strong since May.
"There has been a substantial increase in long-term charters," said Feer, taking capacity off the spot market. "We've seen some 10-year charters that we hadn't seen for many years previous," he said, declining to name the long-term charterers.
Buyers who were caught short of transport in the last two winters turned to long-term charters. Fewer vessels will be coming off charters in the coming months, keeping supply tight, he said.
"It (the Freeport LNG outage) should have had an impact. A loss of supply anywhere implies a loss of demand, but we didn't see it," said Feer. Instead, spot cargo rates last week rose 4% to 30% depending on the vessel size and location.
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