2. Noun. (nautical) The taking onboard of bunker fuel ¹
3. Noun. (chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bunkering
1. bunker [v] - See also: bunker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bunkering
Literary usage of Bunkering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board by United States Shipping Board (1921)
"Negotiations were carried on with a view to the location of a bunkering ...
The Oil bunkering Section was advised with regard to certain foundation and ..."
2. Wharf Management, Stevedoring and Storage by Roy Samuel MacElwee, Thomas Rothwell Taylor (1921)
"bunkering or Coaling Ships.—One of the various important and disagreeable ...
bunkering, or taking aboard fuel coal, must be distinguished sharply from ..."
3. Zimmermann on Ocean Shipping by Erich Walter Zimmermann (1921)
"CHAPTER X THE bunkering PROBLEM The United States leads in use of oil as marine
fuel.— The outstanding feature of the present phase in the evolution of ..."
4. Mexican Petroleum: Description of Properties of the Pan American Petroleum by W. J. Archer (1922)
"A large proportion of the Atlantic trade is between the United bunkering THE
SS "AQUITANIA" FROM BARGE OF BRITISH MEXICAN PETROLEUM COMPANY, LIMITED. ..."
5. The Port of Portland, Maine (1921)
"COAL bunkering. While Portland possesses a number of wharves equipped for handling
coal, facilities for bunkering directly from piers are available at only ..."
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