Laem Chabang bunker prices
THLCH · TH · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Laem Chabang, 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 Laem Chabang
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Laem Chabang, 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 Laem Chabang
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Laem Chabang is Thailand's main deep-sea box and multipurpose port, on the Gulf of Thailand at Sriracha, Chonburi. Bunkers here go aboard by barge, and the port information sheet is blunt that you need to give sufficient advance notice, so this is not a place to expect a same-day stem; book the barge through your supplier well ahead. Lightening service is likewise arranged only on advance notice.
The approach is a dredged entrance channel about 2.5 nautical miles long and roughly 300 m wide carrying 14.0 m, with a 1,300 m breakwater. The sheet gives a channel draft limit of 14.00 m at mean sea level, approximately 12 m at lowest low water, so deep vessels must watch the tide, which ranges between +0.90 m and +2.30 m on Thai chart datum. The main container berths (B1 to B5) run to 14.0 m depth and take vessels up to about 50,000 dwt. Pilotage is compulsory, night entry and sailing are possible, and Port Control works VHF channels 14 and 16.
- The port information sheet does not publish a maximum bunker stem size, so ask the supplier.
- It does not name a bunker anchorage or say whether barge delivery is done alongside the berth, at anchorage, or both.
- It gives no notice period in hours or days beyond the phrase 'sufficient advance notice.'
- It does not list which grades (VLSFO, HSFO, MGO) are actually available or which suppliers are licensed.
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 Laem Chabang, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Singaporelow | VLSFO | $785 | 2026-09-0145d |
Singaporelow | VLSFO | $785 | 2026-08-3146d |
| VLSFO | $813 | 2026-09-0145d | |
| VLSFO | $838 | 2026-09-0343d | |
| VLSFO | $856 | 2026-09-0343d | |
| VLSFO | $861 | 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.
Laem Chabang bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Laem Chabang today?
- No price is published at Laem Chabang. The closest port where one is, is Singapore, about 731 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $785 a tonne.
- Is Laem Chabang 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 Laem Chabang?
- Laem Chabang 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.