Stringent regulations and policies have prompted vessel operators and owners to direct the interests on developing greener vessels from oil-fuelled vessels to LNG-fuelled vessels. Consequently, the increasing demands for LNG, as the alternative fuel for vessels, have led to the booming development of LNG carriers or bunker vessels. LNG transfer operations, including loading and bunkering operations, are the major operations taking place on LNG carriers and bunker vessels. As these operations involve in between vessels (ship-to-ship) and terminals (shore-to-ship), compatibility issues should be anticipated and hence, proper compatibility studies should be performed prior to vessel construction stage. Since there are no standard guidelines and procedures of performing compatibility studies, it is the intent of the present article to provide an overview of performing shore-to-ship and ship-to-ship compatibility studies.

严格的法规和政策促使船舶运营商和船东将兴趣转向开发更环保的船舶，从燃油船舶转向液化天然气燃料船舶。因此，对作为船舶替代燃料的液化天然气的需求不断增加，导致液化天然气运输船或加油船的蓬勃发展。液化天然气转运作业，包括装载和加注作业，是液化天然气运输船和加注船的主要作业。由于这些操作涉及船舶（船对船）和码头（岸对船）之间的操作，因此应预料到兼容性问题，因此，应在船舶建造阶段之前进行适当的兼容性研究。由于没有执行兼容性研究的标准指南和程序，