Lagos bunker prices
NGLOS · NG · Major bunkering hub
Who supplies fuel at Lagos
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Lagos, 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 Lagos
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Lagos takes fuel two ways — by barge alongside or by road tanker — and both need advance notice placed through your agent. The commercial berths lie inside Apapa and Tin Can Island up the channel; a supplier will bring a barge to a vessel at the Lagos anchorage subject to Nigerian Ports Authority clearance and security clearance, or coordinate a berth delivery with the terminal. Grades routinely quoted are VLSFO 0.50% and LSMGO/MGO, with residual/HSFO described as limited availability; suppliers list VLSFO, HSFO, LSFO, MGO and LNG delivered by barge to vessels, rigs and offshore assets at anchorage.
Expect the usual paperwork: a Bunker Delivery Note and ISO 8217 sampling, with an independent surveyor the normal guard against off-spec sulphur, water and sediment. Draft decides where you sit — reference data lists tanker anchorage draft up to 13.0 m, bulk 12.5 m and container 12.0 m — so confirm your figures against the anchorage the supplier plans to work before fixing a stem.
- No maximum stem size or barge capacity is published on the port-authority or supplier pages read — ask the supplier for the specific barge and its capacity.
- The Nigerian Ports Authority and NIMASA official pages returned access-denied (HTTP 403), so the official anchorage-allocation and bunkering rules could not be confirmed here.
- The required lead time / notice period for a VLSFO or MGO stem is not stated on any page read.
- The specific named anchorage zone where barge bunkering is permitted is not published in the sources read; delivery is stated only as 'at anchorage, subject to clearance.'
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
No price is published at Lagos. The closest port where one is, is Las Palmas, about 1,683 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $761 a tonne.
Las Palmas →That is Las Palmas'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.
Lagos bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Lagos today?
- No price is published at Lagos. The closest port where one is, is Las Palmas, about 1,683 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $761 a tonne.
- Is Lagos 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 Lagos?
- Lagos 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.