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Almost everything is in metric. The knot and the nautical mile remain of course and fuel consumption is in 'kg/mile', but I am certain that the mile is the nautical version. I have no objection in this very special case. If it was kg/statute mile, it would be an entirely different story. I found it on the website bfenthousiasts, forums, where it was discussed on page one, I posted this comment on page three: "I am certain that the 'mile' used in the unit 'kg/mile' is the nautical mile, not the statute one. It would be absurd to measure speeds in knots , distances in nautical miles, but fuel consumption of ships in kg/statute mile. And I regard the kg/statute mile, if it really exists, as a monstrosity." The thread is here: http://forums.bfenthusiasts.com/showthread.php?t=8425
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