IJmuiden bunker prices
NLIJM · NL · Major bunkering hub · Emission Control Area · EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime apply
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at IJmuiden, 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 IJmuiden
35 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 IJmuiden
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
IJmuiden sits at the seaward end of the North Sea Canal, and the way in is the IJmuiden lock complex. The sea lock is tide-independent, so ships pass through around the clock rather than working a tidal window. Draught into the canal is capped at 13.75 metres in seawater on arrival and 14.05 metres in fresh water on departure; a vessel deeper than that, up to 17.80 metres, has to lighten at the lightering facility west of the lock complex before proceeding inland.
For fuel, treat IJmuiden as one port within the North Sea Canal area rather than a standalone bunker port. Any operator carrying out ship-to-ship bunkering anywhere in that area, Velsen/IJmuiden included, must hold a bunker permit issued by the Port of Amsterdam, so the supplier working your ship should be a named permit holder. You are inside a SOx Emission Control Area, and EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime apply to the call, which shapes the grade you will actually be offered. Agree the exact delivery point and stem with the supplier in advance.
- The Port of Amsterdam bunkering pages read do not publish a maximum stem size for IJmuiden; ask the supplier.
- The pages read do not state whether ship-to-ship bunkering is permitted in the IJmuiden outer harbour or only inside the canal.
- The North Sea Canal waterways page does not cover pilotage requirements for the call.
- No air-draft or bridge-clearance figure for the lock approach is given on the pages 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 IJmuiden, 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 | 2026-09-0146d |
Rotterdamlow | VLSFO | $663 | 2026-08-3147d |
| VLSFO | $672 | 2026-09-0145d | |
| VLSFO | $684 | 2026-09-0344d | |
| VLSFO | $682 | 2026-09-0343d | |
| VLSFO | $685 | 2026-09-0443d |
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.
IJmuiden bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at IJmuiden today?
- No price is published at IJmuiden. The closest port where one is, is Rotterdam, about 35 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $663 a tonne.
- Is IJmuiden 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 IJmuiden?
- IJmuiden is in the EU/EEA, so voyages to, from and within it fall under the EU Emissions Trading System, and FuelEU Maritime applies to ships of 5,000 GT and above. That adds a real per-tonne cost that a headline bunker price does not show.