bunkerage

English

Noun

bunkerage (uncountable)

  1. (nautical) The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)
    • 1921, United States Fuel Administration, Final Report of the United States Fuel Administrator, 1917-1919
      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
  2. (nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
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