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MARINE FUEL
The price of marine diesel has tripled
during the past 18 months, pushing the
average fuel bill to more than £8,000 a
trip and wiping out any profit from the
catch. Hardest hit are the diesel -
hungry beam trawlers, and Miriam
O'Reilly travelled to Newlyn to meet
Stephen Knowle, a trawlerman who has
been so badly affected by the fuel
crisis that he can no longer afford to
keep both his trawlers working.
He is not alone, W. Stevenson and Sons,
one of the biggest fleets of Beam
trawlers in Europe, has tied up six of
its twenty-four trawlers.
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