LNG Tanker - LNG Tanker

Japanese: LNG タンカー - えるえぬじーたんかー
LNG Tanker - LNG Tanker

...By the way, methane becomes liquid when cooled to -161°C, and its volume is reduced to about 1/600 of that of a gas at room temperature and pressure. If this is transported by sea in a special refrigerated tanker (LNG tanker), it can be distributed economically even to distant consumer areas. Full-scale tanker transportation of LNG began in 1964 with the export of Algerian natural gas to the UK.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "LNG tankers" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ところで,メタンは-161℃に冷却すれば液体となり,その体積は常温・常圧の気体に比べて約1/600に減少する。これを専用の冷凍タンカー(LNGタンカー)で海上輸送すれば,遠い消費地までも経済的に配給することができる。LNGの本格的なタンカー輸送は,1964年,アルジェリアの天然ガスのイギリスへの輸出によって始まった。…

※「LNG タンカー」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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