This Foreword will be my last as editor of LNG World Shipping. I have been in the hot seat since the first issue in 2004 and writing about LNG carriers since 1975. It is now time to ease back and hand over to the next generation. I qualified as a naval architect back in the days when ships were still being built in the UK and in numerous yards across Europe. While it was an exciting time, after a few years of number-crunching in the aid of hull structural design, I realised I wanted to follow a more non-traditional path.
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机译：这是我作为LNG World Shipping的编辑的最后一本书。自2004年第一期以来，我一直是热门话题，而自1975年以来，我一直在撰写有关LNG船的文章。现在该放松一下，移交给下一代了。在英国和欧洲各地的造船厂仍在建造船舶的年代，我有资格担任海军建筑师。虽然这是一个令人兴奋的时刻，但是在经过了数年的船体结构设计计算之后，我意识到我想走一条非传统的道路。
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