Antofagasta bunker prices
CLANF · CL · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Antofagasta, and it carries nothing about the barge, the volume or your credit — which is what actually sets the number.
Why there is no assessment here yet
Only 0 observations in the last 72 hours. We publish an assessment from 3 or more.
No price is published for this port yet. Our assessment is built only from what we observe here — prices suppliers submit to us, quotes received against requests raised here, and stems that close — so it appears once this port has traffic. A request raised now still reaches suppliers; it does not wait for an index.
Our own assessment, computed from observations made on this platform: prices submitted by suppliers, quotes received against requests raised here, and stems that closed. Weighted by how firm each observation is (a closed stem counts three times a list price), by how recent it is, and by parcel size. Values more than 15% from the median are excluded. No third-party assessment is used as an input, and no number is published from fewer than three observations or fewer than two independent sources.
Who supplies fuel at Antofagasta
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Antofagasta, so treat this as a starting list rather than a complete one.
Their bunker desks, or send one request and let the replies come to you.
Taking fuel at Antofagasta
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-30.
Fuel moves here by barge or road tanker; there is no bunker pipeline. Copec lists pipeline delivery only at Quintero and Cabo Negro, with barge and truck elsewhere. The barge case is tightly drawn. The maritime authority's October 2024 port decree permits going alongside a berthed ship only for vessels supplying fuel, each of which must hold its own authorisation, and then states that no going-alongside manoeuvre will be carried out at anchor. Plan around that: the bay has six designated anchor points in 30-50 metres with no length or draught limit, but you cannot take barge fuel lying at them. Bunkering is an alongside job.
Running it simultaneously with cargo is possible, not automatic. Under Empresa Portuaria Antofagasta's July 2025 service regulation the agent must notify the port before the berth is assigned and state the extra time needed; if the stem is to run alongside cargo transfer, written maritime authority authorisation is required. Without it, fuel comes out of berth time, and the port may order a ship off the berth if it is not working cargo and another vessel wants the site.
Maximum stem size is not published. Neither the port regulation nor the maritime decree states one, and no supplier publishes a current barge capacity for this port; treat any figure as unconfirmed until the supplier commits to it. Nationally, HSFO is no longer available in Chile, while VLSFO and LSMGO are, on four to seven days' notice. Manoeuvring is allowed around the clock while the buoyage is operational, but work alongside stops above 20 knots from S-SW, and winter SW winds reach 22.
- Maximum stem size at Antofagasta
- Whether a bunker barge is permanently stationed at Antofagasta or must be called from another northern…
- Grade availability specific to Antofagasta
- Minimum stem quantity, barge pumping rates, and the number of hoses/connections available
- Whether road-tanker delivery is offered to merchant vessels at the berths
- Any seasonal swell or marejada closure regime, and days per year lost to it
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
The working behind the estimate above.
Those are prices at those ports, not at Antofagasta, and the distances are great-circle rather than routed. The estimate above is arithmetic on them — it carries no information about the barge, the volume or your credit, which is what actually sets the number. A request is the only way to get a real one.
Indicative only. Typical stem time here is about 8 hours alongside.
VLSFO at nearby and alternative ports
| Port | Grade | USD / MT | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
Valparaisolow | VLSFO | $1092 | 2026-09-0145d |
| VLSFO | $1133 | 2026-09-0343d | |
| VLSFO | $1133 | 2026-09-0542d | |
| VLSFO | $1133 | 2026-09-0740d | |
| VLSFO | $1183 | 2026-09-0938d | |
| VLSFO | $1183 | 2026-09-1136d |
Not an offer to sell — a firm price exists only once a supplier has quoted.
A lower headline price at another port is not automatically a saving. Deviation burns fuel and charter hire, and a bunker-only call costs port time.
Antofagasta bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Antofagasta today?
- No price is published at Antofagasta. The closest port where one is, is Valparaiso, about 568 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $1092 a tonne.
- Is Antofagasta a cheap bunkering port?
- Whether a port is cheap for your vessel depends on the deviation cost, not just the headline price — reaching a cheaper port costs charter hire and fuel.
- Does EU ETS apply at Antofagasta?
- Antofagasta is outside the EU/EEA, so EU ETS does not apply to a call here in itself. It may still apply to the voyage legs if your vessel is heading to or from an EU port.