Fuelling station
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Fuelling stations, also known as coaling stations, are repositories of fuel (initially
fossil-fuel power stations.[citation needed
]
History
Initially named a internal combustion[1] and gas turbine power plants.
Countries with large naval forces must maintain means for fueling their
Chagos, Seychelles, or Mauritius in the Indian Ocean; at Thursday Island and Suva, Fiji, in the South Pacific: (British) and at Honolulu, Pago Pago and Manila in the Pacific for the United States.[2] While defense of naval fuelling stations has historically focused on attack by other naval powers[3] the USS Cole bombing in the Yemeni port of Aden in October 2000 has focused attention on the importance of ship defense during refueling operations even in friendly fueling stations.[4]
Commercial fuelling stations
As international trade grew a defined set of fixed routes,
sea lanes were established with fuelling stations appearing at strategic points along these routes. Since most fuelling stations did not possess natural resources in coal or oil the "bunkering" trade of transporting coal and oil to fueling stations consumed a considerable portion of shipping tonnage.[5] As shipbuilding
progressed to ever-larger ships, additional fuel storage capacity was incorporated into ship design that afforded greater range between refueling stops. Today most oceangoing vessels have the ability to fuel for an uninterrupted ocean crossing at their terminal locations before setting to sea.
See also
References
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Fourteenth Edition, Volume Pg 899, 1938
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Fourteenth Edition, Volume Pg 899, 1938
- ^ Global security website
- ^ "Burden of Proof". CNN. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2010.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Fourteenth Edition, Volume Pg 899, 1938
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