Guangzhou bunker prices
CNGGZ · CN · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Guangzhou, 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 Guangzhou
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Fuel goes aboard by supply vessel. Guangzhou's bonded bunkering measures, in force since 18 February 2024, require a licensed supplier to own or charter at least one double-bottom, double-hull supply vessel of not less than 1,000 deadweight tonnes; every supply vessel must be recorded with the supervising authority and carry onboard metering, track monitoring and video monitoring wired into the city's bonded oil management system. The 2022 port charter adds that qualified suppliers may deliver fuel oil round the clock, and that anyone holding oil supply-and-receipt qualification files with the maritime authority.
Two things stop jobs. Coming alongside a foreign-flag ship without border-inspection permission is a listed prohibited act, so allow time for that permit. Tampering with the mass flow meter, or short-delivering by any other means, is prohibited outright: that is your lever on quantity, so insist on the meter ticket.
Access is by the main seaward channel, about 160 km long, 17 m deep and 385 m wide from the estuary to Nansha, then 13 m deep and 160 m wide from Nansha up to Huangpu. Nansha is where the bonded trade sits: seven companies hold Guangdong bonded supply qualifications there.
- Neither the 2022 port charter nor the 2024 bonded bunkering measures says where bunkering may be carried out - no berth, anchorage or water area is designated for it anywhere in either text - so the delivery point has to be agreed with the supplier.
- The charter's customs filing rule at anchorage covers barges doing cargo lighterage and lightening before an international ship works cargo; it says nothing about bunker barges, so customs handling for a delivery at anchor must be confirmed with the supplier rather than assumed.
- No maximum stem size is published in either document.
- No grade list, specification or sulphur limit is published; the charter says only 'fuel oil and lubricating oil', and the bonded platform notice mentions bonded LNG and bonded low-sulphur bio-fuel oil without stating availability or terms.
- No pumping rates, barge availability or lead times are published by the port bureau or the commerce bureau.
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
Who supplies fuel at Guangzhou
3 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 Guangzhou, 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 | 2026-08-31 |
| VLSFO | $680 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $695 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $734 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $781 | 2026-08-31 | |
| 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.
Guangzhou bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Guangzhou today?
- No price is published at Guangzhou. The closest port where one is, is Hong Kong, about 72 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $804 a tonne.
- Is Guangzhou 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 Guangzhou?
- Guangzhou 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.