The Adoption of Liquefied Natural Gas as a Ship Fuel: A Systematic Review of Perspectives and Challenges

Transport Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 749-774

  Wang, Siyuan ^a   Notteboom, Theo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ANTWERP MARITIME ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

air emission; ECAs; LNG; research synthesis; ship fuel; systematic review

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECISION MAKING; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; SHIPPING; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 84917728286     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2014.981884     Document Type: Article

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