Bahia Blanca bunker prices
ARBHI · AR · Major bunkering hub
Individual prices at Bahia Blanca
| Grade | USD / MT | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| MGO | $1607 | 2026-10-097d |
| VLSFO | $867 | 2026-10-097d |
Not an offer to sell — a firm price exists only once a supplier has quoted.
Indicative only. Typical stem time here is about 8 hours alongside.
Who supplies fuel at Bahia Blanca
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Bahia Blanca, 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 Bahia Blanca
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Bahia Blanca is a deep-water estuary port reached by a long dredged channel. A local ship agent's port guide gives a 53-mile channel entered at Buoy 11, where pilots board and a Vessel Traffic Service works on VHF channel 73, with a maximum permissible draft of 13.70 m and a normal maximum length of about 275 m (longer for propane carriers at the Mega terminal). Tug assistance is compulsory and harbour speed is capped at 6 km/h.
For bunkers the same guide states fuel can be supplied by truck, by barge, or by pipeline at the Galvan No 1 berth. So a ship can take fuel alongside at that one liquid berth, or by road tanker or barge elsewhere in the Ingeniero White and Puerto Galvan complex that the Consorcio de Gestion del Puerto de Bahia Blanca administers. Any bunker call is arranged through the agent and supplier, not the port authority.
- The agent's guide names truck, barge and pipeline supply but gives no maximum bunker stem size or delivery rate.
- It does not say whether barge bunkering is allowed at the outer anchorage or Buoy 11, or only within the port jetties.
- The port authority's own general regulation (fetched as a PDF) did not yield a readable bunkering clause, so bunker conditions must be confirmed with the CGPBB or the agent.
- Draft figures differ between sources - the agent gives 13.70 m maximum draft while a port directory lists 13.9 m depth at the tanker berths - and per-berth depths are not broken out.
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
VLSFO at nearby and alternative ports
| Port | Grade | USD / MT | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
Buenos Aireslow | VLSFO | $878 | 2026-09-2224d |
| VLSFO | $898 | 2026-09-2323d | |
| VLSFO | $893 | 2026-09-2422d | |
| VLSFO | $917 | 2026-09-2818d | |
| VLSFO | $908 | 2026-09-2917d | |
| VLSFO | $905 | 2026-10-0115d |
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.
Bahia Blanca bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Bahia Blanca today?
- The table above shows the latest indicative prices at Bahia Blanca (ARBHI) for each grade we track, updated daily. These are market indications, not offers — the price you pay depends on quantity, delivery window, specification, your payment terms and your credit position with the supplier.
- Is Bahia Blanca a cheap bunkering port?
- At the last update Bahia Blanca was showing $867/MT for VLSFO. Whether that is genuinely cheap for your vessel depends on deviation: reaching a port that is $10/MT cheaper is not a saving if it costs a day of charter hire and the fuel burned getting there.
- Does EU ETS apply at Bahia Blanca?
- Bahia Blanca 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.