Meaning of bunkerage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)
   uncountable
2. Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
   uncountable

Examples

“These agencies had been largely engaged in supplying coal for the bunkers of vessels sailing for foreign ports and had accumulated a considerable fund by reason of the fact that the bunkerage premium had been collected on all such coal”

“18 October 2017, Italy busts gang smuggling Zawia diesel to Sicily in Libya Herald Gazzettinonline reported that the smuggled diesel was in fact low grade and normally used as bunkerage for ships.”

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