Research On The Development Trend Of LPG Marine Market In China

LPG(Liquefied Petroleum Gas) is a kind of main energy in China.The character of it is high thermal efficiency,clean,environment protection and transportation convenience,which is widely used in industry and everyday life.With the continual development of China's economy,the demand of LPG is rising gradually.The area imbalance of LPG supply and demand leads to a amount of LPG being transported from north to south,which is usually transported on shipping.Because of the feature (sub-product of refinery,dangerous chemical product and being substituted) of LPG itself and the effect of LPG vessel tension and seasonal factors,the shipping price fluctuated seriously.The price often deviated from the cost.So this leaded to the fluctuation of the price in the end market,which affected people's working and living. Since LPG shipping market is affected by many factors,it's difficult to master the trend of the market.It is hard for the shipping company to manage their business.Aimed at the actuality,according to much investigate and research,the thesis firstly summed up the supply and demand of LPG.Then it analyzed the supply and demand of LPG shipping,the character of the shipping price and the influence factors.The thesis mainly forecasted the trend of LPG transported from north to south in the shipping market.And it analyzed the future trend of LPG shipping market as a whole. Furthermore,it also made some advice for the market.By the qualitative and quantitative way,this thesis studied on the influence factors of the market and made sure the degree of the influence.Then it brought the factors to the three tier BP network mode to forecast the shipping demand.Based on that,it analyzed the developing trend on the whole.The result of this research demonstrated that the shipping demand of LPG will increase continuously and steadily,which will bring great developing space for the shipping companies.Meanwhile,there are still weakness and blind spot on the administration in the LPG shipping market,which will be the focus for some department in China.