Batam bunker prices
IDBTM · ID · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Batam, 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 Batam
2 of these are on the port authority's register of licensed suppliers. The rest publish their own coverage of this port.
Their bunker desks, or send one request and let the replies come to you.
Taking fuel at Batam
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-30.
Bunkering here is an anchorage business, and that is written into the rules rather than merely customary: BP Batam's tariff regulation, Perka 4 of 2023, defines the anchorage area as water used for anchoring, lay-up, waiting for a berth, waiting for cargo, ship-to-ship transfer, tank cleaning, blending, bunkering and minor repairs. Delivery is by barge. Batavia Petro Energi, which lists Batam among its supply areas, runs bunker barges of 2,500 to 5,000 kilolitres and tankers of 3,000 to 8,000 deadweight, and offers MFO 180 and 380 to ISO 8217, MGO in DMA and DMB grades, and LSFO at or under 0.5 per cent sulphur. Two costs are published and belong in the comparison. BP Batam charges a bunker service fee on the volume delivered, calculated progressively at 105 rupiah a litre up to 2,500 kilolitres, 100 rupiah from 2,501 to 5,000 and 95 rupiah above that. Separately, a ship calling only to take bunkers or stores is classed as non-commercial and pays half the anchorage rate, 726 rupiah per GT per call on a foreign flag against 1,452 for a commercial call; a distinct ship-to-ship package tariff runs at 45 rupiah per GT per day plus pilotage and towage. BP Batam's berthing terminals are Batu Ampar, Sekupang, Magcobar and Curah Kabil, but it does not say whether bunkers may be taken alongside at any of them, nor does it publish a notice period, a night restriction, a road-tanker option or a maximum stem. The tariff bands running past 5,000 kilolitres are the only public hint at local barge size.
- BP Batam and the harbourmaster publish no notice period for a bunker stem
- No published night bunkering restriction
- No maximum stem size published; the tariff bands are the only proxy
- No official confirmation that bunkers may be taken alongside at BP Batam's terminals
- Road-tanker delivery is not described in any port authority document
- The individual anchorage areas used for bunkering are not named or charted in the published tariff…
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 Batam, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Singaporelow | VLSFO | $785 | 2026-09-0145d |
Singaporelow | VLSFO | $785 | 2026-08-3146d |
| VLSFO | $813 | 2026-09-0144d | |
| VLSFO | $838 | 2026-09-0343d | |
| VLSFO | $856 | 2026-09-0343d | |
| VLSFO | $861 | 2026-09-0442d |
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.
Batam bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Batam today?
- No price is published at Batam. The closest port where one is, is Singapore, about 17 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $785 a tonne.
- Is Batam 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 Batam?
- Batam 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.