CONCRETE SHIP ECONOMICS

The paper briefly describes the work that has been carried out since 1972 on a new concept for the transportation of LNG, using a reinforced concrete hull self-propelled carrier with insulated cargo tanks formed within the hull. A 128,000 cum LNG-carrier, 288 m long and 44 m wide is described in some detail. The economic and environmental advantages are outlined, and comparison is made with the conventional steel LNG-carriers.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Conference in London on March 3-4, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Concrete Ships and Floating Structures 77

  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Stanford, A E
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 25 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Economic analysis; Freight transportation; Hulls; Liquefied gases; Liquefied natural gas; Ships; Tankers; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concrete ships; Ship design
• Old TRIS Terms: Concrete hulls; Lng transportation
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165870
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ship Research Institute of Norway
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM