Kochi bunker prices
INCOK · IN · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Kochi, 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 Kochi
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-30.
Delivery is by barge, road tanker or from a shore-based installation: the port's own bunkering permission form makes the agent tick which of the three and name the barge or the number of road tankers. Barges work both alongside at berth and out at the open anchorage south of the approach channel, which the port describes as clay and sand with good holding ground. The anchorage is where the local rule bites. The port's bunkering circular allows inland-waterway barges to supply the outer anchorage only in the fair-weather season; through the monsoon only sea-going barges classed under the Merchant Shipping Act are permitted there, case by case, and Port Control's permission is needed before the barge sails out. Night bunkering is expressly allowed and clearance runs through a single window at the Q9 gate on a 24-hour basis, but each stem needs a signed safety checklist lodged with the port's Fire and Safety Division, which deputes fire personnel to watch transfers at port berths. A stem at the Vallarpadam container terminal also needs the terminal operator's own approval, so budget for a second permission chain. Size is the constraint worth pricing: HPCL's published Indian ports table shows Kochi worked by 350-tonne barges, and the port's circular caps its barge jetty at 70 metres length and three metres draught, so anything substantial means repeat runs. The port advertises 380 cSt at under 0.5 per cent sulphur; HPCL lists VLSFO, MGO, high-flash diesel and FO 380 across its Indian network. Neither the port nor the barge operators publish a maximum stem or a notice period, and the port says nothing about bunkering during cargo work.
- No maximum stem size published by the port or by any Kochi barge operator
- No required notice period published for a stem, at berth or at the outer anchorage
- No published rule on whether bunkering may run simultaneously with cargo work
- No published barge pumping rates alongside (only the 200 t/h target for loading the barges themselves)
- The port's own grade statement still cites ISO 8217:2010 and 380 cSt; current VLSFO/LSMGO availability at…
- The Cochin Port bunkering procedure fetched is the 2012 circular still linked from the current page; no…
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
Who supplies fuel at Kochi
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.
The working behind the estimate above.
Those are prices at those ports, not at Kochi, 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 | 2026-08-30 |
| VLSFO | $680 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $695 | 2026-08-30 | |
| VLSFO | $734 | 2026-08-30 | |
| VLSFO | $781 | 2026-08-30 | |
| 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.
Kochi bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Kochi today?
- No price is published at Kochi. The closest port where one is, is Fujairah, about 1,454 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $795 a tonne.
- Is Kochi 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 Kochi?
- Kochi 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.