Keelung bunker prices
TWKEL · TW · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Keelung, 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 Keelung
8 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 Keelung
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Keelung is effectively a single-supplier bunker port: fuel is delivered by barge from the state-owned CPC Corporation, which runs just two bunker barges to serve the whole port. In normal conditions CPC supplies VLSFO and LSMGO on a recommended lead time of around three days, so this is not a place to arrive expecting a same-day stem; nominate well ahead.
The thin barge fleet is the risk to plan around. When one barge went out of service with a technical fault and the other was in dry dock, CPC stopped accepting new VLSFO and LSMGO nominations outright, and lead times for what it could still do stretched to four or five days. With no second independent supplier to fall back on, a single barge breakdown can close bunkering here, so confirm barge availability and your grade before you route a vessel through Keelung, and keep an alternative Taiwan port in mind for tight schedules.
- The source does not confirm whether bunkering is done at berth or at an anchorage at Keelung
- HSFO availability at Keelung is not addressed; only VLSFO and LSMGO are named
- No maximum stem size or individual barge capacity is given in the page read (a Ship & Bunker page carrying barge capacities could not be accessed)
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 Keelung, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Kaohsiunglow | VLSFO | $827 | 2026-09-0145d |
| VLSFO | $863 | 2026-09-0343d | |
| VLSFO | $860 | 2026-09-0542d | |
| VLSFO | $858 | 2026-09-0740d | |
| VLSFO | $875 | 2026-09-0938d | |
| VLSFO | $875 | 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.
Keelung bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Keelung today?
- No price is published at Keelung. The closest port where one is, is Kaohsiung, about 170 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $827 a tonne.
- Is Keelung 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 Keelung?
- Keelung 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.