A Study Of Fuel Consumption From Marine Diesel Engines

Since fuel cost make a large proportion in transportation costs, topping above 50 percent with a higher fuel price. Complete management and good use of fuel, especially the effective control of fuel cost makes a great effect on transportation economy, and hence is an effective way to reduce transportation costs.Proceeding from the factors affecting fuel cost and combining practice, the paper is probing the way of controlling fuel cost to increase ship economic benefits from the following aspects:1. Rationally selecting fuel specifications.2. Reasonably choosing the bunkering ports and bunkering quantities.3. Reasonably picking ship's service speed and management countermeasures.4. Matters to be observed for fuel daily management.5. Researches on calculating methods for controlling objective valve of fuel consumption.6. Fuel hedging.As long as both the ship operators and owners make their efforts to manage the fuel through the above aspects, it can be sure to obtain an ideal fuel due , and then to reach the goal of increasing ship economic benefits.