I-Bunker adjustment factor (BAF), ekwaziwa ngokuba yi-fuel adjustment factor (FAF), igalelo le-bunker (BUC), kunye ne-bunker surcharge, ibonisa ukuguquguquka kwamafutha enqanawa kwaye ihambelana nexabiso le-Brent Oil benchmark yexabiso.
Abathwali bahlawulisa i-BAF njengohlobo lwe-inshurensi ngokuchasene nokutshintsha kwexabiso lamafutha, njengoko ukunyuka kweendleko zepetroli kubangela ukunyuka kwe-BAF. Iyahluka ngokweendlela zorhwebo kwaye yongezwe ngaphezulu kwenqanaba lesiseko elihlala lihlaziywa ngekota.
Ifomula ye-BAF = ixabiso le-fuel x factor yorhwebo
Inqaku lokurhweba libhekiselele kumyinge wokusetyenziswa kwamafutha ahluka ngokuxhomekeka kumgama, ubunzima bomthwalo, ukusebenza kakuhle kwamafutha, ixesha lokuhamba, indlela, njl.