Liquefied natural gas ship route planning: A risk analysis approach uri icon

abstract

  • 2015 The Authors We present a risk analysis approach for selecting alternate routes between liquefaction and re-gasification terminals. Due to lack of data related to incidents directly affecting LNG vessels as a result of the impressive historical safety records of the LNG industry, some parameters required for our risk analysis are estimated from a closely related hazmat cargo, Crude Oil. Our formulation is then used to solve a problem instance, using real-life data. Our results suggest: i) Depending on managerial preference, an alternate route with shorter distance may not necessarily be the vessel route of choice; ii) Risk analysis approach provides an insight into selection of a voyage route, taking into consideration activities (terrorism, or pirate attacks, or otherwise) that have been historically associated with alternate LNG vessel routes.

published proceedings

  • 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLIED HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS (AHFE 2015) AND THE AFFILIATED CONFERENCES, AHFE 2015

author list (cited authors)

  • Biobaku, T., Lim, G., Cho, J., Parsaei, H., & Kim, S.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Biobaku, Taofeek||Lim, Gino||Cho, Jaeyoung||Parsaei, Hamid||Kim, Seonjin

publication date

  • January 2015