Jebel Ali bunker prices
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Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Jebel Ali, 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 Jebel Ali
1 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 Jebel Ali
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-30.
Jebel Ali gives you two places to take fuel and a permit regime for each. Alongside, delivery is by barge or by road tanker: Dubai's Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation licenses the two separately, at AED 1,500 per bunker vessel per month and AED 300 per bunker road tanker per month, each subject to inspection against its EHS requirements, so a truck stem is a normal option for small parcels. At anchorage, DP World opened bunker supply at the J-Charlie anchorage on 1 June 2025 and, usefully for a passing ship, vessels with no operational call at Jebel Ali may bunker there. Every anchorage stem needs the harbour master's approval, assessed case by case on the safety of the operation, the location, the vessel's size, type and draught, the duration, the type of fuel and the weather; the permit is charged under tariff item 314. Anchorage services at J-Alpha, J-Bravo and J-Charlie have covered bunkering, ship-to-ship work, repairs and crew changes since November 2023, so the anchorage route is established rather than exceptional. One commercial point that reaches the delivered price: since December 2024 bunker barges no longer pay the lump-sum hydrocarbon rate of AED 2.02 per GRT but are charged port dues, towage, pilotage and berthing separately, as any vessel is. Grades commonly available in the area are marine gas oil, VLSFO, HSFO and ULSD. Neither DP World nor the suppliers publish a maximum stem size or how long the harbour master's approval takes, so establish both with the supplier when the stem is fixed.
- No maximum stem size published for barge or truck delivery
- No published lead time for the harbour master's bunkering approval at anchorage
- The value of tariff item 314 (bunker supply permit) is referred to but not shown on the announcement
- No published rule on bunkering simultaneously with cargo operations at Jebel Ali berths
- The Trakhees EHS procedure PDF for the bunkering vessel permit (PCFC-TRK-EHS-PM-CP-06) is blocked to…
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 Jebel Ali, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Fujairahlow | VLSFO | $795 | 2026-09-0145d |
Fujairahlow | VLSFO | $795 | 2026-08-3146d |
| VLSFO | $824 | 2026-09-0144d | |
| VLSFO | $844 | 2026-09-0343d | |
| VLSFO | $860 | 2026-09-0343d | |
| VLSFO | $858 | 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.
Jebel Ali bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Jebel Ali today?
- No price is published at Jebel Ali. The closest port where one is, is Fujairah, about 71 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $795 a tonne.
- Is Jebel Ali 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 Jebel Ali?
- Jebel Ali 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.