cargo plane is re-fuelled by a KrAZ-258/TZ-22 tanker at
Manas International Airport Bowser also describes a
fuel tanker used to deliver fuel to
aircraft at
airports or airfields. The term also describes refuelling boats that supply seaplanes, army fuel tankers used for combat resupply, and vehicles that fill heavy construction equipment such as hydraulic
excavators and
bulldozers. Even aircraft have been described as "flying fuel bowsers" when configured to ferry fuel to support a forward operation. The related verb, "bowsing," is used in the fuel distribution industry to refer to the practice that allows customers of one fuel distributor to collect fuel from the depot (including retail stations) of a second fuel distributor at the prices set by the first distributor. As such, it is a method of mutual distribution that improves fuel access for customers while reducing the primary costs for each distributor. Being a commercial service, it normally applies to
DERV (Diesel Engined Road Vehicle) rather than
petrol (
gasoline), but can also include new energy solutions, for example, a Hydrogen Bowser which can be used to refuel gaseous
hydrogen to mobile plant and machinery. == Other fluids ==