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0 pointsCodeWriter233y ago0 comments

Any given ship in the shipping industry probably burns that in fuel per day. Or half day. I think the value proposition is in line. I'll admit it seems expensive from the perspective of our dream sail around the world whilst coding and collecting benjamins from various hustles.

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redtexture3y ago

A Panamax container ship, not the largest, can burn 10 metric tonnes an hour of bunker oil, more or less.[2]

Very Low Sulfer Fuel Oil (VLSFO) is running, depending on where the ship is loading up, 850 to 1150 USD a tonne.(July 7 2022)[1]

In round numbers, say, USD 1,000 a tonne, USD 10,000 an hour, USD 250,000 a day, and for a 20 day trip, USD 5,000,000.

[1] https://shipandbunker.com/prices

[2] https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-many-gallons-of-fuel-d...

CodeWriter23OP3y ago

Thanks for the clarification; I didn’t want to overspeak. Next question though, how do they onboard 42x that much fuel for a 6 week transpacific journey?

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