Karachi bunker prices
PKKHI · PK · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Karachi, 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 Karachi
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Karachi, 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 Karachi
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Karachi is a brand-new bunker port, so treat it that way. Until late 2025 a ship needing fuel here generally had to divert to Fujairah or Singapore, because there was no domestic refuelling facility at all. That changed when Vitol began barge-based bunkering at the port in November 2025, delivering very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) produced to marine specification by the local Cnergyico refinery, with transfers run to internationally certified practices.
Because the operation is only months old, the Karachi Port Trust built the licensing and documentation regime from scratch. Confirm your supplier's licence status and the grades actually on offer before you fix anything, rather than assuming a mature market. Do not assume the range of a Fujairah or a Singapore; this is a single-operator start-up supply.
- Neither source I read publishes a maximum stem size for Karachi.
- The barge's name and single-delivery capacity are not stated in the pages I fetched.
- Whether HSFO and LSMGO are available alongside VLSFO is not confirmed in these sources.
- Whether delivery is at berth, at outer anchorage, or both is not specified.
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 Karachi, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Kandlalow | VLSFO | $939 | 2026-09-0145d |
Kandlalow | VLSFO | $939 | 2026-09-0343d |
Kandlalow | VLSFO | $939 | 2026-09-0542d |
| VLSFO | $970 | 2026-09-0740d | |
| VLSFO | $949 | 2026-09-0938d | |
| VLSFO | $949 | 2026-09-1136d |
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.
Karachi bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Karachi today?
- No price is published at Karachi. The closest port where one is, is Kandla, about 208 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $939 a tonne.
- Is Karachi 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 Karachi?
- Karachi 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.