Increasing costs and growing uncertainty of supply of oil has brought coal into prominence as an alternative energy source. Ships, once operating almost entirely on coal, came to depend totally on oil as their fuel, as the world moved in the "oil age" of the last three decades. Consequently, the restoration of a coal supply system at ports will be a prerequisite to put coal back into the position of a marine fuel.
Coal has the disadvantages of difficulty in handling and storage because of its solid form, but there are abundant reserves, and the price promises to remain stable and comparitively low.
Increasing costs and growing uncertainty of supply of oil has brought coal into prominence as an alternative energy source. Ships, once operating almost entirely on coal, came to depend totally on oil as their fuel, as the world moved in the "oil age" of the last three decades. Consequently, the restoration of a coal supply system at ports will be a prerequisite to put coal back into the position of a marine fuel.
Coal has the disadvantages of difficulty in handling and storage because of its solid form, but there are abundant reserves, and the price promises to remain stable and comparitively low.
Increasing costs and growing uncertainty of supply of oil has brought coal into prominence as an alternative energy source. Ships, once operating almost entirely on coal, came to depend totally on oil as their fuel, as the world moved in the "oil age" of the last three decades. Consequently, the restoration of a coal supply system at ports will be a prerequisite to put coal back into the position of a marine fuel.
Coal has the disadvantages of difficulty in handling and storage because of its solid form, but there are abundant reserves, and the price promises to remain stable and comparitively low.