Marseille bunker prices
FRMRS · FR · Major bunkering hub · Emission Control Area · EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime apply
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Marseille, 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 Marseille
9 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 Marseille
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-30.
The harbourmaster's guide recognises three delivery routes, fixed arm or hose, barge, and road tanker, and every stem needs a prior request to the Capitainerie's port call planning office, lodged by the agent through the port's Neptune system; the Capitainerie then issues the safety instructions for that ship. Any craft delivering bunkers shows flag B by day and an all-round red light by night.
The tighter rules apply to tankers and gas carriers working dangerous bulk cargo, and they decide whether you can fuel and work cargo at once. A gas carrier with its arms connected may have no barge alongside at all. A tanker or chemical tanker loading or ballasting under inert gas can take fuel only through an arm or hose, not from a barge or a road tanker. Once the Capitainerie has satisfied itself that cargo pumping has stopped, it may treat the ship as disconnected and allow the barge or truck. Only one barge may lie alongside, though two are permitted on large ships, moored one astern of the other; only one road tanker at a time may come onto the mole, terminal-approved, headed for the exit and more than 25 metres from the manifolds. Thunder within 5,000 metres suspends bunkering at the liquid bulk berths.
LNG runs on a separate operator approval from the Commandant du Port, updated in January 2026 and extendable to methanol, hydrogen and ammonia, which names the bunker vessel or truck, the client ships and the berths; anything outside that set needs fresh approval. The one publicised operation, 6,000 cubic metres delivered ship to ship at Eurofos, ran while the containership worked boxes. Which conventional grades are held is not published.
- Which conventional grades (VLSFO, HSFO, LSMGO, B24/B30 blends) are physically held is not published by the…
- No maximum stem size published for barge or truck delivery
- No stated notice period in hours for the request to the Capitainerie, only that it must be prior
- Nothing published on whether bunkering is permitted at the Marseille or Fos waiting anchorages
- No published rule on bunkering during hours of darkness for conventional fuels
- Barge capacities and pumping rates in the port are not published
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 Marseille, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Livornolow | VLSFO | $549 | 2026-09-0145d |
Livornolow | VLSFO | $549 | 2026-09-0344d |
Livornolow | VLSFO | $549 | 2026-09-0542d |
Livornolow | VLSFO | $549 | 2026-09-0740d |
Livornolow | VLSFO | $549 | 2026-09-0938d |
Livornolow | VLSFO | $549 | 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.
Marseille bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Marseille today?
- No price is published at Marseille. The closest port where one is, is Livorno, about 215 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $549 a tonne.
- Is Marseille 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 Marseille?
- Marseille is in the EU/EEA, so voyages to, from and within it fall under the EU Emissions Trading System, and FuelEU Maritime applies to ships of 5,000 GT and above. That adds a real per-tonne cost that a headline bunker price does not show.