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dc.contributor.authorLindstad, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorRialland, Agathe Isabelle
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-31T13:19:25Z
dc.date.available2024-07-31T13:19:25Z
dc.date.created2020-07-23T13:03:50Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationSustainability. 2020, 12 (5), 1-15.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3143908
dc.description.abstractLiquified natural gas (LNG), with its low sulphur content, its favorable hydrogen-to-carbon ratio, and the lower nitrogen oxide emission when combusted compared to conventional fuels, fulfils all International Maritime Organization (IMO) air emission regulations. For the cruise industry, with their large number of customers and their high public visibility, LNG has therefore become a tempting option for new cruise ships. However, larger well-to-tank (WTT) emissions for the LNG supply chain as well as un-combusted methane (CH4) from the ship’s engine might more than nullify any greenhouse gas (GHG) gains. Previous studies have shown very different GHG impacts from the use of LNG as a ship fuel. With climate change potentially being the largest threat to mankind, it is important that decisions with an impact on future GHG emissions are based on the best available knowledge within a sector and across sectors. The motivation for this study has therefore been to establish comparable GHG estimates for well-to-wake (WTW) emissions for LNG and traditional fuels in a transparent way. The results show that there is a need for adopting policies that can reduce the broader GHG emissions of shipping instead of CO2 only, including the well-to-tank emissions of ship fuels. If not, we might end up with a large number of ships with GHG savings on paper only, while the real GHG emissions increases.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleLNG and cruise ships, an easy way to fulfil regulations-versus the need for reducing GHG emissionsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)en_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-15en_US
dc.source.volume12en_US
dc.source.journalSustainabilityen_US
dc.source.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12052080
dc.identifier.cristin1820334
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