TRANSPORT THE KEY TO AN ECONOMIC PROJECT

In broad terms, the organization of a project involves four distinct stages; these are--the preliminary review; establishing the feasibility and obtaining government approvals; the economic analysis (including the transport element), and the implementation and construction. This article is only concerned with the marine transport part of stage 3 (the economic analysis), i.e. establishing the optimum combination of variables in terms of numbers of LNGCs, the capacity of each carrier and the service speed which together will yield the minimum delivered LNG cost. A simulation of the entire project also forms a basic part of the analysis of a project's feasibility, using a computer model of the trade.

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Industrial Press Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Faridany, E
• Publication Date: 1977-11-18

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 37-39
• Serial:
  • Marine Week
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 44
  • Publisher: IPC Business Press Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Economics; Freight transportation; International trade; Liquefied gases; Liquefied natural gas; Programming (Planning); Shipping; Simulation; Tankers; Trade
• Old TRIS Terms: Lng economics; Lng trade; Lng transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172836
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Marine Week
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM