Narrative:

On climb out; noticed aircraft was having difficulty climbing through 30;000 feet. Checked engine instruments and noticed that the right engine fuel flow was indicating 700 pounds/hour. Checked other engine indications and noticed that they were significantly below the left engine indications. Asked ATC to level off at FL350; then to descend to FL320. I was the pilot monitoring. Did not [request priority handling] at this time because we received no EICAS messages or alerts telling us of this situation.after rechecking the engine instruments and conferring with the pilot flying; I made the decision to shut down the engine inflight via the QRH engine failure/shutdown checklist; and also made the decision that we would attempt to restart the engine because no limitations or engine parameters or engine vibrations were present or were exceeded. At this time we were about 20 minutes into the flight. So the inflight shutdown checklist was completed and the engine inflight start checklist was completed. The engine started and accelerated normally; remaining in all parameters and limitations.while the engine was 'warming up' I contacted dispatch and maintenance control on the satcom. After speaking with them and informing them of our situation and what transpired; I made the decision to continue to destination and received no guidance from dispatch and maintenance to proceed to any other airport for landing. As of this writing; I have spoken to two assistant chief pilots about the situation and we discussed the flight; its procedures; and decisions and outcomes.

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Title: B767 flight crew reported poor climb performance passing FL300 and discovered the right engine to be at idle thrust. Thrust lever movement had no effect on thrust and it was decided to shut the engine down and restart it; which was done successfully. After restart the engine functioned normally.

Narrative: On climb out; noticed aircraft was having difficulty climbing through 30;000 feet. Checked engine instruments and noticed that the right engine fuel flow was indicating 700 pounds/hour. Checked other engine indications and noticed that they were significantly below the left engine indications. Asked ATC to level off at FL350; then to descend to FL320. I was the pilot monitoring. Did not [request priority handling] at this time because we received NO EICAS messages or alerts telling us of this situation.After rechecking the engine instruments and conferring with the pilot flying; I made the decision to shut down the engine inflight via the QRH engine failure/shutdown checklist; and also made the decision that we would attempt to restart the engine because no limitations or engine parameters or engine vibrations were present or were exceeded. At this time we were about 20 minutes into the flight. So the inflight shutdown checklist was completed and the engine inflight start checklist was completed. The engine started and accelerated normally; remaining in all parameters and limitations.While the engine was 'warming up' I contacted dispatch and Maintenance Control on the SATCOM. After speaking with them and informing them of our situation and what transpired; I made the decision to continue to destination and received no guidance from Dispatch and Maintenance to proceed to any other airport for landing. As of this writing; I have spoken to two Assistant Chief Pilots about the situation and we discussed the flight; its procedures; and decisions and outcomes.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.