Dampier bunker prices
AUDAM · AU · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Dampier, 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.
Taking fuel at Dampier
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-30.
Settle the fuel question before fixing, because the choice is narrow. Rio Tinto's port handbook states that marine diesel is available at Dampier by barge, supplied by an outside party, and that IFO and HFO are not available at all: a residual-burning ship gets nothing here. The Dampier Fuel Berth at Parker Point is not a bunker berth but Viva Energy's discharge berth for diesel cargo, granted an exemption from the ISGOTT hazardous-zone provisions on the basis that only diesel is handled, with non-intrinsically-safe electrical equipment prohibited on it and no fresh water available.
Dry-bulk ships wait at the Western Anchorage, north-north-west at the entrance to the archipelago. Anchorage instructions come from Dampier VTS on VHF 11 and must be requested at least four hours before arrival, though no pilot is needed to reach the anchorage. One local rule catches people out: port regulations prohibit changing heavy fuel tanks inside port confines, so the changeover has to be completed at the anchorage before entry rather than on the way in.
Season weighs more here than at most ports. Cyclones run from 1 November to 30 April, an average of six a season threaten the region and about half make landfall, and when one approaches the port is closed and vessels are required to seek refuge at sea, which will take a bunker plan with it. The handbook does not say whether the barge may come alongside at the ore berths during loading, and neither a maximum stem size nor a bunkering notice period is published, so both must be agreed with the supplier and the harbour master before arrival.
- Whether the bunker barge may work alongside at the Parker Point or East Intercourse Island ore berths…
- No maximum stem size, barge capacity or pump rate is published
- No notice period specific to bunkering is published; the four-hour requirement found is for anchorage…
- The barge operator is described only as an external party and is not named; the Pilbara Ports Authority's…
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
Who supplies fuel at Dampier
5 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.
The working behind the estimate above.
Those are prices at those ports, not at Dampier, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Rotterdamlow | VLSFO | $663 | 2026-08-30 |
| VLSFO | $680 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $695 | 2026-08-30 | |
| VLSFO | $734 | 2026-08-30 | |
| VLSFO | $781 | 2026-08-30 | |
| VLSFO | $785 | 2026-08-31 |
Indicative, delivered basis. Source: a licensed feed. 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.
Dampier bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Dampier today?
- No price is published at Dampier. The closest port where one is, is Singapore, about 1,519 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $785 a tonne.
- Is Dampier 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 Dampier?
- Dampier 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.