Emerging LNG-fueled ships in the Chinese shipping industry: a hybrid analysis on its prospects
Emerging LNG-fueled ships in the Chinese shipping industry: a hybrid analysis on its prospects
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DOI：
10.1007/s13437-015-0080-6
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发表时间：
2015-03
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
C. Wan;Xin-ping Yan;Di Zhang;Jing Shi;S. Fu;A. Ng
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作者：
C. Wan;Xin-ping Yan;Di Zhang;Jing Shi;S. Fu;A. Ng
随着全球航运业的繁荣，航运引发的各种环境问题和日益严格的排放限制，使得新兴的船用燃料——液化天然气（LNG）这一符合绿色航运本质的清洁高效能源受到越来越多的关注。尽管具有船上使用优势，但截至2013年6月，全球运营的全LNG燃料船舶不足40艘，而中国运营的LNG燃料船舶数量更是少之又少。而且，中国的大部分是内河船舶，主要沿着长江和运河航行。本文运用SWOT（优势、劣势、机会和威胁）分析法，结合层次分析法（AHP），分析了我国内河运输LNG动力船舶的发展前景，旨在填补对海洋新能源认识不足的空白。本文对液化天然气在中国航运业的应用前景提出了一些见解，同时为利益相关者和政策制定者制定液化天然气动力船舶的发展决策提供了有用的信息。
With the prosperity of global shipping industry, a variety of shipping-induced environmental problems and increasingly rigid emission restrictions have drawn more attention to an emerging marine fuel—liquefied natural gas (LNG), a clean and efficient energy that conforms to the essence of green shipping. Although with superiority using onboard, there are only fewer than 40 fully LNG-fueled ships in service worldwide by June 2013, and the quantity of LNG-fueled ships in operation is even much lower in China. Moreover, the majority of those in China are inland ships, which mainly navigate along the Yangtze River and canals. By using the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis in combination with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), this paper analyzes the development prospect of LNG-fueled ships in inland waterway transportation in China, aiming to fill the gaps of inadequate understanding of the new marine energy. This paper offers some insight on the prospects of the application of LNG in the Chinese shipping industry and simultaneously provides useful information to stakeholders and policy makers for decision-making on the development of LNG-fueled ships.