Flow meter benefits for shippers

It said that the time to supply bunkers (which normally takes between seven and eight hours) has been reduced by 50% by using the meters, providing customers with significant time and cost savings.

This means that in real terms, the bunkering process for the distribution of a typical 1,000mt stem, was halved to between three and four hours.

“Reducing the time to bunker by 50% provides our customers with significant savings,” said Søren Christian Meyer, vice president – physical distribution, OW Bunker.

“For example, a one year time charter for a VLCC, which has an average day rate of about US$24,000 will save up to US$4,000 in terms of time when bunkering with a Coriolis Flow Meter. That’s a significant amount in any market, and highlights the positive impact that marine fuel distributors can have on driving efficiencies into our customers’ operations.”

The meter was installed on the barge back in June and since then the operator has also seen other benefits including the removal of potentially problematic manual processes and human error because the meter helps to ensure any inefficient levels of air entrapment can be detected and dealt with immediately.