超级工程超级LNG船

　　超级LNG船
　　它是世界上造价最为昂贵的货运轮船：历时两年、投资超过两亿美元建造；它也是世界上建造难度最大的民用船只：全球只有13家船厂允许建造。它的使命只有一个:运送一种古老的清洁能源，让现代城市正常运转。
　　It is the most expensive freight ship in the world: it took two years to build, with an investment of more than 200 million U.S. dollars; it is also the most difficult civilian ship in the world to build: only 13 shipyards in the world allow construction. It has only one mission: to transport an ancient clean energy to make modern cities function normally.
　　它让人们的生活变得简单，但它的建造却是一段不平凡的故事。任何一个疏忽，都将可能会酿成大祸。
　　It makes people＂s lives simple, but its construction is indeed an extraordinary story. Any negligence may lead to catastrophe.
　　今天温室气体的排放，让地球环境面临严峻的挑战。天然气，因为它清洁、高效的特点，而逐渐成为了现代社会运转的基础能源。
　　并不是每一家船厂都能完成LNG船的建造任务，因为在超低温的环境下，体积缩小600倍的易燃气体是一个极端危险的物质。船体的任何一处瑕疵都有可能造成无法挽回的损失。‍
　　Today＂s greenhouse gas emissions have brought severe challenges to the global environment. Natural gas, because of its clean and efficient characteristics, has gradually become the basic energy source for the operation of modern society.
　　Not every shipyard can complete the task of building LNG ships, because in the ultra-low temperature environment, the flammable gas, which is 600 times smaller in size, is an extremely dangerous substance. Any defect in the hull may cause irreparable damage. ‍
　　常规钢材在零下163摄氏度环境下会变得脆弱而不堪一击，而LNG船采用的这些特种钢材能满足在极限环境下对安全的苛刻要求，但它对焊接工艺却提出了极大地挑战。
　　Conventional steel will become fragile and vulnerable under minus 163 degrees Celsius. The special steel used in LNG ships can meet the demanding requirements for safety in extreme environments, but it poses a great challenge to the welding process.
　　在两年的时间里，为建造这艘超级LNG船，一共消耗6000多片超大型钢板，35万升油漆，250千米管线，近一百万个工时和两亿多美金。这艘超级LNG船，将在今后的20多年里，跨越大洋，为上海的发展源源不断地输送高效清洁的动力之源。
　　In two years, to build this super LNG ship, a total of more than 6000 pieces of super large steel plates, 350,000 liters of paint, 250 kilometers of pipelines, nearly one million man-hours and more than 200 million US dollars were consumed. This super LNG ship will cross the ocean in the next 20 years and continuously deliver efficient and clean power sources for the development of Shanghai.
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