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A study of alternative fuel for tanker vessel in Malaysia
Syarafuddin bin Salleh
Dr. Rudiah bte Md Hanafiah
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
In the matter of the tanker shipping industry in Malaysia, two problems have been
raised in this research. One is the increasing bunker price and the second one is
about serious environmental problem. There have been some solutions for these
two problems such as slow steaming, strict regulation or using low sulphur fuels.
However, all of these solutions have their own limitations, which lead to create of
this thesis to look for another solution: finding an alternative shipping fuel or energy
for tanker shipping industry in the future. After evaluate potential shipping fuels and
selection criteria, this study discover that nuclear power, biodiesel, methanol and
renewable energy such as wind and solar power can be seen as the potential
candidates. The result will contains three parts: a comparison table of fuels under
different criteria, a survey followed by analytical hierarchy process analysis and
questionnaire with professional people. After a general anticipated, it is able to see
that nuclear power is the most feasible alternative in terms of the academic
research. However people still worry about its high initial cost and safety issues.
Regarding to the cost, nuclear energy known for their long life cycle which can last
for almost at least decades. For the safety issues, this study find that it is not
technical but emotional problem, which make the safety problem become solvable.
In general, using the nuclear power could be the most feasible solution for future
tanker shipping sector in Malaysia.
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