bunkerage
English
Etymology
bunker + -age
Noun
bunkerage (uncountable)
- (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
- 1921, United States Fuel Administration, Final Report of the United States Fuel Administrator, 1917-1919
- (nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
- 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.
- 18 October 2017, Italy busts gang smuggling Zawia diesel to Sicily in Libya Herald