Melbourne bunker prices
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Who supplies fuel at Melbourne
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Melbourne, 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 Melbourne
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
At Melbourne fuel comes aboard by bunker barge or another vessel alongside, or by road tanker at the berth; lifting IBCs or drums ship-to-ship is not permitted, and drum bunkering from the wharf is allowed only with proper spill containment (Ports Victoria, Bunker & (non-cargo) Liquid Transfer Management Guideline, December 2024). Bunkering is a Hazardous Port Activity under the Port Management Act 1995 and the 2020 Regulations, so you need a Ports Victoria authority to proceed and at least 24 hours' notice through the online Authority Application portal. For a barge transfer the bunker vessel's master calls Melbourne VTS on VHF Channel 12, and the transfer may start once that notification is given.
Where you lie shapes the job. In Swanson Dock a bunker vessel may not stay alongside if it would be passed by another ship; at river berths, Station Pier and Webb Dock the barge must stop pumping when a vessel passes and may be told to disconnect. At the bulk-liquid berths, Holden, No.1 Maribyrnong and Gellibrand Pier, bunkering is fitted around cargo work. No smoking, naked flame or hot work within 25 metres of any bunker flange or vent.
- The guideline sets no maximum stem or quantity limit for bunkering.
- It gives no numeric wind or weather limit, referring only to prevailing weather conditions.
- It does not list which fuel grades are available at Melbourne.
- It does not name designated bunkering anchorages, treating the activity as berth-based.
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
No price is published at Melbourne. The closest port where one is, is Singapore, about 3,270 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $785 a tonne.
Singapore →That is Singapore'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.
Melbourne bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Melbourne today?
- No price is published at Melbourne. The closest port where one is, is Singapore, about 3,270 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $785 a tonne.
- Is Melbourne 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 Melbourne?
- Melbourne 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.