Cartagena bunker prices
COCTG · CO · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Cartagena, 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 Cartagena
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Cartagena, 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 Cartagena
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Cartagena is Colombia's busiest Caribbean bunkering port, and fuel is delivered both by barge and by truck; grades run to MGO, VLSFO and HSFO, with LNG also listed (Clipper Oil). Because barges work the bay, you can generally stem at anchor or alongside rather than only at a dedicated fuel berth. If you are on a tanker, mind the berth limits: a port guide puts Cartagena's tanker berths at 180 m LOA and 9.2 m draft, well under the 15.7 m draft that container and bulk ships work to (findaport), so a tanker's stem is bounded by where it can lie, not by barge capacity. Everything above is supplier and port-guide data rather than a port-authority rule, so confirm anchorage assignment, pilotage and any Bocachica entrance-channel draft limit with your agent before you fix.
- DIMAR and port navigation rules - Bocachica entrance-channel depth and the pilotage tonnage threshold - could not be confirmed; the port authority pages I tried returned a CAPTCHA or 404.
- No published maximum bunker stem size for Cartagena was found in the sources I read.
- Whether barge delivery is permitted at all anchorages or only at designated ones is not confirmed from an authority source.
- Lead time or notice to arrange a stem is not stated in the sources I read.
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 Cartagena, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Barranquillalow | VLSFO | $785 | 2026-09-0146d |
Barranquillalow | VLSFO | $785 | 2026-09-0344d |
Barranquillalow | VLSFO | $785 | 2026-09-0542d |
Barranquillalow | VLSFO | $785 | 2026-09-0740d |
Barranquillalow | VLSFO | $785 | 2026-09-0939d |
Barranquillalow | VLSFO | $785 | 2026-09-1137d |
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.
Cartagena bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Cartagena today?
- No price is published at Cartagena. The closest port where one is, is Barranquilla, about 54 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $785 a tonne.
- Is Cartagena 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 Cartagena?
- Cartagena 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.