The Ship Report, Monday, May 13, 2024
An episode of the The Ship Report podcast, hosted by The Ship Report, titled "The Ship Report, Monday, May 13, 2024" was published on May 13, 2024 and runs 8 minutes.
May 13, 2024 ·8m · The Ship Report
Summary
The origin and meaning of a common maritime industry term: bunkering Folks familiar with the maritime industry use this word a lot: "bunker" or "bunkering" or even "bunkers." It's not a word whose meaning you can easily figure out just by hearing it, but it refers to the fuel ships use and the process of filling up a ship's tanks so she has fuel to travel at sea. Today we'll talk about bunker and bunkering, and exactly what those terms mean. And how this important maritime function came to be named in such an apparently nonintuitive way.
Episode Description
The origin and meaning of a common maritime industry term: bunkering
Folks familiar with the maritime industry use this word a lot: "bunker" or "bunkering" or even "bunkers."
It's not a word whose meaning you can easily figure out just by hearing it, but it refers to the fuel ships use and the process of filling up a ship's tanks so she has fuel to travel at sea.
Today we'll talk about bunker and bunkering, and exactly what those terms mean. And how this important maritime function came to be named in such an apparently nonintuitive way.
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