slow steaming
Slowing down ships, a technique known as slow steaming, doesn't only offer environmental benefits. It also allows operators to offset the additional capacity created by their bigger ships, because vessels chartered on a given route make fewer rotations.
Superslow steaming, at 12 knots, can save up to $5,000 an hour in fuel costs. An engine that has been reconfigured to run at slower speeds (in order to avoid problems like increased fouling and higher exhaust) is said to be "derated."
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