A CASE FOR SLOW STEAMING

The article discusses the tanker surplus and ways to reduce and/or eliminate it. It reviews various proposals such as alternative employment of tankers, newbuilding cancellations and accelerated scrapping, bank control of shipping, load line adjustments and co-ordinated lay-up of vessels, but concludes that these measures are not thought practical or efficient compared with slow steaming. Slow steaming economies are then dealt with in some details, and the introduction of enforced speed limits is seriously considered. Order from NSFI as No. 14,801.

• Corporate Authors:

  Selvigs Forlag A/S

  Radhusgaten 8, Postbox 162
  Oslo 1,   Norway 
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • NORWEGIAN SHIPPING NEWS
  • Issue Number: 7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand; Economic analysis; Fuel conservation; Ship operations; Speed control; Tanker shipping; Tankers; Traffic speed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Speed reduction
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic analysis (Tanker operations); Tanker demand; Tanker operations
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00182917
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ship Research Institute of Norway
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1978 12:00AM