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LNG chain and Tankers, barges and fuel trucks

Their prices have moved together.

LNG chain (energy) and Tankers, barges and fuel trucks (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: shared trade

Cost and price · Strong · Both ways

LNG carriers are a specialised tanker fleet, and both markets respond to energy trade flows and shipping disruptions. Yearly moves correlate at 0.73 with the Japan LNG price, though monthly moves correlate only at 0.22.

  • 0.22 monthly change correlation
  • 0.73 12-month change correlation
  • 0.33 fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.