Bunkering Terminal System The BACKGROUND A UK marine bunkering terminal within the English Channel supplies vessels by bunker barge at the outer and inner harbour anchorages as well as direct via a loading arm or bunker hose. A bunker is the storage vessel used to hold the fuel – typically this is inside large fuel tanks. Marine bunkering is the action of storing and supplying the ships with fuel. It is referred to as a bunker because in the past when ships used to run on steam when powered by coal, the storage containers for the coal were known as a bunker. So it a nutshell, marine bunkering is just a vessel refuelling. At the terminal, tank gauging systems have been installed giving the terminal operators maximum control over product movement, along with the installation of new flow

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