2003 Volume 2003 Issue 239 Pages 239_95-239_103
In the present study, a methodology for selection and evaluation of advanced marine transportation systems is proposed, which consists of three steps. The first step is selection of preferable marine transportation systems. In the selection, firstly, a planning method for selection of the optimum solution as an advanced marine transportation system from many alternatives is deduced. Using the planning method, index value of each alternative is determined using a Priority model for filtering the alternatives. Then, the most highest index values are selected as preferable marine transportation systems. In the second step, the selected preferable marine transportation systems are evaluated using a Life Cycle Value Chain model from three different points of view, which are life cycle profit for companies, life cycles business and environmental impacts on societies. In the last step, an economical-environmental index is introduced for evaluation of the selected preferable marine transportation systems from societies' viewpoint. Using the present methodology, a feasibility study on a Liquefied Natural Gas(LNG) carrier operating in Arun, Indonesia-Osaka, Japan route is carried out, and the results are discussed.
