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Diesel Consumption by Vessel Size
Average diesel consumption for fishing vessels per trip duration
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Rising fuel costs leave Mumbai's Sassoon Dock fishing boats idle - MSN
Mumbai's historic Sassoon Dock faces unprecedented inactivity as rising fuel prices amid geopolitical tensions severely impact local fishers and their livelihoods.
Fishing boats docked, livelihoods at sea: War ripples in Mumbai, Goa
At Malim jetty on the Mandovi River in Goa’s capital, Panaji, fisherman Vijay Karapor is loading a cooking stove onto a trawler named ‘Gift of God’ for the evening’s fishing trip with his crew.“There is a scarcity of LPG cylinders due to the conflict (in the Middle East),” says Vijay, who has been fishing in Goa’s seas for over four decades. “One cylinder is going for up to Rs 10,000 in the black market. So, we had to switch to stoves for cooking food aboard the vessel.”As the Iran war stretches on for more than a month, leading to a surge in fuel prices and a shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), fishing operations in Mumbai and Goa have been hit, with boats docked at shores for days and fishing trips curtailed. In Goa, at least 30 per cent of trawlers at the jetty remain docked, fisherfolk say. In Mumbai, fisherfolk, particularly the Koli community, say they rely heavily on diesel for their daily operations. “Large fishing vessels consume around 2,000 to 3,000 litres of diesel for a 14-15 day trip, while medium vessels require 700 to 1,000 litres for a 7-8 day journey. Even small boats use 20 to 50 litres for a single day’s trip,” says Devendra Tandel, president of the Akhil Maharashtra Machhimaar Kriti Samiti. Trawlers at Malim jetty in Panaji . (Photo: Pavneet Singh Chadha)On March 20, oil marketing companies (OMCs) increased the bulk diesel price by Rs 22 per litre, pushing rates in Maharashtra to around Rs 122 per litre from the earlier Rs 70-80 range, even as retail diesel prices remained unchanged at about Rs 90 per litre. On April 1, OMCs again raised bulk diesel prices by Rs 23 per litre. Fuel pricing is determined by OMCs such as Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, which supply diesel to cooperative societies from where fishermen procure it. And though the Maharashtra government provides a subsidy on bulk diesel for fishermen, stakeholders across Mumbai say they are struggling to cope, with many boats remaining docked for days. “We haven’t taken out a single boat in the last seven days because of unaffordable diesel rates,” says Dilip Tare, a boat owner from Mahim Koliwada.Story continues below this ad Tare says that while he earlier managed to pay workers even on poor catch days by dipping into savings, the current situation has made that difficult. At the Malim jetty in Goa, Anthony D’Souza, a boat owner, says that when the crisis began to worsen about a fortni...
Mumbai's Historic Sassoon Dock Falls Silent as Iran War Fuels Diesel Crisis
Photos reveal boats sitting idle at Mumbai's historic Sassoon Dock as soaring diesel prices, driven by the Iran war, cripple the fishing industry, threatening livelihoods and coastal communities.
Photos show boats sitting idle at Mumbai's historic dock as the Iran ...
Since it was first built in 1875, the Sassoon Dock in India's financial capital of Mumbai has been many things: a gateway for trade with the Persian Gulf, a bustling hub for traders and laborers ...
