Liquefied Natural Gas Logistics Management Through Optimal Road-Rail Intermodal Logistics Planning Considering Community Safety

The demand for natural gas (NG) in Thailand has been continuously increasing, but part of NG volume not distributed to customers locating far from the pipeline network. Therefore, is transported by trucks liquid form called liquefied (LNG) meet demand. However, road transportation truck causes many problems such as high cost, low capacity, poor environmental conditions, and safety. To solve these problems, road-rail intermodal an option distribute a large LNG long-haul more efficiently. This research proposes optimal planning logistics management case study where problem modeled mixed-integer nonlinear program minimize total cost. solution includes distribution center locations, mode(s), train loading service type, type. Community safety using damage radius criterion considered model constraint. solutions resulting three scenarios are compared discussed.