Study of the use of LNG in maritime transport by an environment analysis tool

ABSTRACT

Today’s society is a global society, structured on the basis of a global economy, and in this economy maritime transport is essential, as well as the ships and port facilities that support it. Within the maritime business, the transportation of natural resources is of great importance. In this sense, natural gas is considered a good of general interest whose supply must be guaranteed and which, in recent years, is the source of energy that has been growing the most. experimenting since, within the fossil fuels, it is the one with the lowest environmental impact and its number of reserves is higher than those of oil. This paper analyses the situation of LNG with regard to such a product as a fuel for maritime transport. The environmental restrictions demanded at the global level are going to be of great importance for the promotion of LNG. Thanks to the four analyses proposed by PPDC- PESTEL-PORTER – SWOT – CAME, it will be possible to locate the weak and strong points of this fuel and its competition in the market. Regarding ports and their adaptation from the point of view of the European Union, it can be concluded that there is a need and that a great benefit would be obtained by implementing a community gas storage system with greater capacity and better distribution throughout European ports.

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