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		lotsofmangos on March 1, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tim Cook Rejects Politics of the NCPPR The only large commercial ships left that I am aware of that are still coal burning, transport coal. Very few ports are equipped to refuel coal.

SixSigma on March 1, 2014 [–]

my mistake, I thought bunker fuel was a coal derivative

6 years ago 90,000 were running on bunker fuel

http://www.gizmag.com/shipping-pollution/11526/

370 million tonnes of it get burned every year and the price is rising

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-11/ship-fuel-prices...

lotsofmangos on March 1, 2014 | [–]

Given the cost of fuel is rising, these guys will hopefully benefit. http://www.skysails.info/english/skysails-marine/skysails-pr...

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