A yacht’s fuel capacity depends on its size and type. Smaller yachts can hold around 1300 gallons of fuel, while larger vessels can store up to 100,000 gallons. On average, a yacht might use between 20 to 100 gallons of fuel per hour. Smaller yachts, such as those around 40 feet, tend to be on the lower end of the scale, consuming about 20 to 100 gallons of fuel per hour. Superyachts can hold anywhere from 15,000 to 200,000 gallons of fuel, depending on the size and type of yacht.
The longest superyacht in the world, 180m MY Azzam, holds 1,000,000 liters of fuel, equivalent to filling a regular hatchback car. Boats have an average boat gas tank size of 40 gallons, but the range begins at around 5-10 GL for small boats. Average yacht fuel capacity can vary anywhere from 10,000 to 50,000 gallons, allowing them to undertake extended journeys across vast distances with ease.
Average fuel consumption for boats is measured in gallons per hour, and the efficiency of boat fuel is measured in pounds of fuel used in an hour per horsepower. To read the calculation correctly, any boat should be within the range of a marina.
The fuel tank capacity of the world’s current largest superyacht can vary between 10,000 and 50,000 gallons, allowing them to undertake extended journeys across vast distances with ease. The octopus holds 224,000 gallons and has a range of 8,000NM.
On average, a yacht might use between 20 to 100 gallons of fuel per hour. Smaller yachts, such as those around 40 feet, tend to be on the lower end of the scale. The superyacht has an estimated capacity of 1,000,049 liters of fuel (220,000 gallons), and TheYachtMogul claims the vessel got a 500,000-liter tank.
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I was in the US Navy (several decades ago) and underway refueling would take a bit of time. My job was communications between our ship and the tanker or sometimes aircraft carrier we refueled from. With 2-10 inch refueling lines, one fore and one aft, we could take on approx 1000 gal per minute. Faster after the ship changed from bunker oil to JP5 – jet fuel for the boilers. BTW it’s fun refueling from an aircraft carrier, with the flight deck the same height off the water as the top of our mast. Great shade when the sun was hot.
For amusement only and of common interest, an Airbus 380 airliner holds 253,983 kilograms of fuel or put another way, 323,546 litres. About 46% of the aircrafts take off weight. Fuel burn in flight creates a giant headache for the crew if the “Automatics” fail, meaning constant full time manual fuel movement, this to remain within limits so fuel is constantly moved to maintain balance and moved to stop the fuel freezing, moved from the outer tanks to the inner tanks for this reason, fuel at minus 40 degrees C can freeze. As it fly’s the aircraft gets lighter and lighter. There are 11 tanks on board. Some tanks are used to maintain trim, which is critical. As for refueling time, this can be done, in about an hour. So imagine if you will the pressure used/required to refuel one of these in that time frame, and how many tank hoses are used? The fuel is delivered at 50 PSI .. then remember the tanks are 30 feet plus up in the air, not down hill into a super yacht. The aircraft is wanted back in the air as soon as possible, hence the need for speed. There is no real urgency in anything at all to do with marine traffic, voyages are estimated in days not hours as in aviation. The cost of one of these off the shelf back in 2012 was $480 million so not cheap. The running costs are out of this world, making yachting seem” affordable” burning off 250 tones of fuel in 10 /13 hours gives you a clue as to how much they burn per hour, which accounts for only 30% of the costs of operation. Go figure and why airlines have shied away from operating these giants, and why they must be kept in the air earning as much as possible.
Shortly after it’s initial shakedown, I was hired to do some consulting on Kismet while docked in Ft Lauderdale. One day they were “topping off” the fuel. They were using fairly pedestrian looking dockside pumps like you would see in a truck stop and 2 of the pumps overheated and failed in the process. If memory serves, the bill was around $80,000 for the fuel.
Fueling time depends on how much has been ordered and then divided by the suppliers flow rate or receivers acceptance rate, whichever is the lower. A few things to remember; a ship should not go below 10% remaining as part of the stability criteria and you cant fill to more than 95% due to the risk of spillage from vent pipes. Tanks are filled one at a time and the flow rate is reduced as it nears the 95% mark. Usually the governing factor is the size of the filler pipe from the fuel manifold to the tanks.
Observation 2) I am somewhat qualified to answer fueling rates; The dominating manufacturer is “Wiggins” quick fuel . The flow rate for hose ends is 300 gallons/ min.It is similar for refueling Navy fighter Jets in flight, the space shuttle, Cat/ Komatsu mining trucks. All mining trucks have huge metal tanks visible on their side, one is disel other is hydraulig oil. Diesel being 1200-1500 gallons. Hence 5 minutes in a mine. Fwiw those trucks never stop hence downtime is profits lost. Somewhat analogous would be quick fuel on Indy cars.How far does an Indy car travel in 3 seconds? Disclaimer: For M/Y capacities ask Uncle Sysman! I’d guess the 300/ may cross over to sea application due to safety. Temp plays a huge role. Locals may have rates they deem fit.
Every time I see the price of refueling a superyacht, I realize I am just too cheap to own a yacht no matter how much money I acquire. Almost half a million dollars just seems like too much money to spend on something that will get used up and need to be replaced. I guess I don’t have the mindset to be super rich.
I know taking 4000 gallons which is pretty small takes a number of hours from a fuel pump dock side. Then every 999.9 liters the pump would shut off and have to be reset. Have to walk back up the dock and reset it and then back down. It also take a while to get ready to fuel as well. All the absorbent rags, and covers that have to be put out as fuel lines need to be run through the salon to reach tanks on the other side of the boat. This was only a 24 meter boat, so quite small compared to a super yacht.
Reynolds tobacco was seeking to diversify, so purchased Sea Land shipping, and built a fleet of fast container ships to dominate the European to america Atlantic trade. Then the first fuel crisis hit and these ships that used to cost a quarter million dollars to fuel suddenly became economically unfeasible, so were sold to the american government and converted into rapid response ships, to carry tanks and helicopters . oddly enough, they were never deployed in the first gulf war, I wasn’t involved in shipping during the second gulf war, so can’t say about that, except I used to occasionally drive past one that was always docked. What I can say is that it pays to have friends in high places.
Holy smokes!! My rough estimate of 370,000 liters (or 97,500 gallons) of diesel would run you just shy of half a million US dollars. My question is, how does one pay for the fill up? Credit card? Bank wire? Suitcase of cash or bullion? Bitcoin? Secret handshake? Getting a 500k secured real estate loan would take me 30 days….if I could afford it! 😂
400 tonne of fuel needs to be spread out so to be balanced. these stinkpots dont have a deep central keel providing stability – the fuel is used as ballast, these also split up the huge amounts into small manageable tanks. Heard a boat being transported through a rural market town, a fuel tank fractured flooding the bilge with fuel, the bilge pumps activated spraying the market…..
Jacksonville, Florida and “Eagle Bulk Shipping.” Liquefied natural gas propulsion has changed everything here in the USA #turbine_engines (Turbina.) Fueling with diesel takes FOREVER. #NASA and Space Launch makes Florida the global home for refueling expertise with Texas now something of a 2nd place at the moment (Houston Ship website.) Maybe Japan as well post Fukushima. Maybe the Phillipines now too given the US Navy return to there.