How Do You Calculate Fuel Consumption In Cargo Shipping?
Continued volatility in fuel prices around the world affects transportation costs and the final cost of goods and materials. This makes shipping costs–even in ocean freight–a factor in manufacturing, wholesale and retail operations. Modern container ships provide a cost-effective way of moving goods in “intermodal freight,” where one trailer-like container is packed with goods, then carried by ship, rail and truck without loading or unloading individual pieces of freight along the way. These ships are propelled by high-efficiency diesel motors like the turbocharged Wartsila-Sulzer RT-flex96-C that consumes more than 1,600 gallons of fuel per hour. Convert the transit time specified in the shipping contract into hours by multiplying the number of days by 24. Add any remaining hours to that result. For example, if the contract calls for a transit time of seven days, nine hours, multiply seven days by 24 hours (7 x 24 = 168) and add nine hours to the result (168 + 9 = 177) for a total t
