利用中小型船舶运输LNG的可行性

Feasibility of LNG shipping by small or medium-sized ships

LNG运输是LNG产业链中极其重要的环节,现有的大型LNG船舶、公路和铁路LNG运输模式存在经济性和局限性的问题,已无法满足当前日益高涨的LNG需求,因此,提出利用中小型LNG船舶作为新型LNG运输模式的观点。通过总结中小型LNG船舶运输的发展,归纳其优点,并结合国内十二五规划和能源市场发展需求等因素,对中小型LNG船舶运输的可行性进行分析。提出发展中小型LNG船舶运输的相关政策建议。中小型LNG船舶运输的应用将优化LNG运输模式,为沿海、沿江地区调剂气源和城市燃气的安全供应提供保障。

LNG transmission is a vital link in the LNG industry chain.The lack of economy and limitations can be seen in the existing large-scale LNG ship,highway and railway LNG transport modes,which have been unable to meet increasingly rising LNG demands.Therefore,the idea that small or medium-sized LNG ships are taken as a new LNG transport mode is proposed.By summarizing the development of small or medium-sized LNG shipping,inducing its advantages,in accordance with the Twelfth Five-year Plan,energy market demand and other factors,the feasibility of small or medium-sized LNG ship transportation is analyzed.Relevant policy recommendations for the development of small or medium-sized LNG ship transportation are proposed.Application of small or medium-sized LNG ship transport will optimize the LNG transport mode and provide the protection to the gas source adjustment and safe urban gas supply in coastal areas and those along the Yangtze River.