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How does LNG stack up economically?
For 65% of vessels operating in emission control areas, the payback on an LNG system is only two to three years.

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Dennis King
University of Maryland UMD
25th January 2012
Really ? Is this 2 to 3 year payback period for installing an LNG system on large ships based on the assumption that someone else is paying to install, maintain, and operate the infrastructure required to make LNG available at port to those ships... and will not be expecting to recoup those costs in l LNG prices ?

It seems logical to assume full cost pricing of LNG. So, doesn't the payback period for a ship depend on how many ships convert to LNG and buy enough LNG to spread out port-side LNG supply costs ?

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