Slow steaming
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Slow steaming is the practice of operating transoceanic cargo ships, especially container ships, at significantly less than their maximum speed.[1] In 2010, an analyst at the National Ports and Waterways Institute stated that nearly all global shipping lines were using slow steaming to save money on fuel.[2][3]