Lae bunker prices
PGLAE · PG · Major bunkering hub
Who supplies fuel at Lae
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Lae, 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 Lae
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Lae is Papua New Guinea's largest and busiest port, in Morobe province. Fuel is taken at a dedicated Tanker Berth, which the logistics assessment gives as 100 m long, 13 m depth below LAT, handling all types of fuels, with a maximum draft of 9.5 m. The general-cargo berths are separate and ageing; Berth 1, for instance, is 123 m long.
On how fuel actually comes aboard: only light fuels are available by road tanker, while heavy oil is available by pipeline. So plan on distillate arriving by truck and residual through the pipeline at the tanker berth, and build your call around a tanker-berth window rather than a barge coming alongside. Fresh water is supplied on request by the Port Authority at the berth. Treat the tanker berth as the controlling constraint, since fuel and any competing tanker traffic all funnel through that one face.
- The assessment does not state a maximum stem size at Lae.
- It does not describe any bunkering at anchorage or off the tanker berth.
- Detailed grade specifications for the MGO and HFO on offer are not given.
- Whether bunkers can be delivered at the cargo berths, rather than only the tanker berth, is not stated.
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
No price is published at Lae. The closest port where one is, is Manila, about 2,010 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $1002 a tonne.
Manila →That is Manila's price, not this port's, and the distance is a great-circle estimate rather than a routed passage. It is here because a benchmark you can see the distance to is more use than a blank space.
Indicative only. Typical stem time here is about 8 hours alongside.
Lae bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Lae today?
- No price is published at Lae. The closest port where one is, is Manila, about 2,010 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $1002 a tonne.
- Is Lae 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 Lae?
- Lae 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.