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Originally Posted by Ryan Coke
Lots of tankering happens. See it a lot coming from the States. They run calculations which figures out the cost of carrying the extra weight vs. the cost of fuel in the different locations.
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Interesting. Has this always been the case, or just something that started becoming more common with more efficient engines?
Seems wild to me that paying to haul all that heavy fuel is cost-effective. Entirely depends on their suppliers and deals I guess, but still, I'd think there would be very diminishing returns of needing to bring extra fuel just to haul the weight of the extra fuel. Guess that's why I just assumed it was rare