Mobile bunker prices
USMOB · US · Major bunkering hub · Emission Control Area
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Mobile, 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 Mobile
1 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 Mobile
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Mobile takes its bunkers by barge. Atlantic Gulf Bunkering began here running a 2,800-tonne double-hull barge and delivers across Mobile, Gulfport and Pascagoula, offering intermediate fuel oils from 30 to 380 cSt, low sulphur fuel oil, marine gas oil, marine diesel oil and low-sulphur MGO; the same firm also supplies by road tanker through the wider Gulf region. Earlier, Shell ran fuel-oil storage at the Radcliff/Economy terminal and fed a double-hull bunker barge from there. So the fuel reaches you afloat, out of local river terminals, with truck delivery also in use.
Mobile lies within the North American emission control area, so at the berth the sulphur cap is 0.10%; plan on distillate or a compliant low-sulphur residual rather than straight high sulphur fuel oil.
Pin the pumpable rate and the largest single stem down with the supplier, because neither the barge operators' announcements nor the port authority publish a per-hour rate or a maximum stem for Mobile.
- Neither Atlantic Gulf Bunkering's launch announcement nor the Shell terminal report states a pumping rate or a maximum stem size at Mobile.
- The Alabama State Port Authority's public tariff pages did not yield a readable bunkering or fuel-transfer rule.
- Whether bunkering may be done at anchorage or only alongside at Mobile is not stated in the sources found.
- Shell's terminal report dates from 2005, so its bunker barge and Radcliff/Economy storage may no longer reflect current arrangements.
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 Mobile, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
New Orleanslow | VLSFO | $806 | 2026-09-0145d |
| VLSFO | $840 | 2026-09-0343d | |
| VLSFO | $840 | 2026-09-0541d | |
| VLSFO | $840 | 2026-09-0739d | |
| VLSFO | $876 | 2026-09-0937d | |
| VLSFO | $876 | 2026-09-1135d |
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.
Mobile bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Mobile today?
- No price is published at Mobile. The closest port where one is, is New Orleans, about 114 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $806 a tonne.
- Is Mobile 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 Mobile?
- Mobile 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.