XIN LOS ANGELES at anchor off Vladivostok taking bunkers, seen from the bridge wing of MONTE ACONCAGUA departing the anchorage having done the same.

This has become common practice for ships coming from the shipyard as well as trading in the area as the fuel prices are considerably lower than elsewhere. The only catch is that you do need to load something, be it a few empty containers in the port or some drums of luboil from a barge, to take advantage of the discount ;-)

16.03.2013 - Vladivostok/Russia

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