On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t happened since the pandemic.
Bunker fuel is an umbrella term for any fuel used in ships, including diesel. The term describes how the fuel is stored on board, not what it is made of.
I wonder how much diesel those things (plus the trucks that pick up the containers) use - and if this will decrease oil prices?
Cargo ships don’t really use diesel, they run on bunker fuel.
Bunker fuel is an umbrella term for any fuel used in ships, including diesel. The term describes how the fuel is stored on board, not what it is made of.
Huh, never knew that. Thanks for sharing
That person is wrong. Diesel is a type of bunker fuel. Any fuel used on ships is bunker fuel. Including diesel, coal and everything else.