A Study On Sea Transportation Of China's LNG Import Project

This special topic mainly focuses on the study of the necessary link of China's LNG(Liquefied Natural Gas) import item -----LNG transportation by sea which COSCOgroup has tried to undertake. By studying and analyzing the special formation mode of ships and cargoes in the LNG shipping market as well as the shipping peculiarities of major LNG importers in the world, it summarizes the basic experience, the theories and the laws of the LNG shipping. During the course, the paper explores China's LNG market demand and the specific characteristics of the LNG import transportation item and makes a further discussion and analysis of the necessity and the feasibility that China's shipping enterprises control LNG transportation by sea as well as the essential conditions under which to make sure China's shipping enterprises are able to control transportation. On this basis, the paper makes a scientific design and survey of the formation mode of LNG shipping company, the economic benefits of the ships and the rational scale of the fleet by adopting the method combining qualitative analysis with quantitative analysis. According to these researches, the paper draws a reasonable conclusion and makes some constructive suggestions that not only conform to China's present actual situation but also have referential significances for the process that China's shipping enterprises participate in and even control the LNG import transportation.