Napier bunker prices
NZNPE · NZ · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Napier, 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.
Taking fuel at Napier
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-30.
Napier has no bunkering point. The port's marine fact sheet says it in as many words: bunkers are supplied by road tanker only. The national register of marine fuel suppliers lists four companies at Napier, Allied Petroleum, BP Oil New Zealand, Gull and McFall Fuel, and every one of them supplies marine gas oil at ultra-low sulphur, 0.10% or less. No residual grade is registered for the port at all, so a VLSFO stem is not a Napier proposition.
Fuel is taken alongside, and it competes for the berth. Two South is the petroleum berth, port side to, with the manifold no more than 94 metres from the bow, and the port's berthing rules treat bunkering as a reason to shift ships at the mover's expense: their own worked example takes a log vessel from 1 Wharf to 2 South to bunker and bills that vessel for the move. Laying over to bunker needs the port's permission. On the container berths the window is unforgiving, twelve hours minimum, cargo completed by window end plus an hour's grace, and the berth vacated if a waiting ship has booked it correctly. Fuel is therefore either fitted inside a call at 2 South or paid for twice, in the shift and in the time.
Every bunker operator must hold a Tier 1 oil spill plan approved by Hawke's Bay Regional Council, and permission comes in advance from the port's duty safety advisor. Heavy easterly swell can prevail and sets westerly across the entrance; shore moorings are used for tankers and in swell. No maximum stem is published.
- maximum stem size, and how many road-tanker loads can realistically be turned round in one call
- how much notice suppliers need for a Napier bunker order
- the national register records BP at Napier as 'pipeline / road tanker', which the port's own fact sheet…
- whether bunkering by road tanker is permitted concurrently with cargo work at 2 South
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
Who supplies fuel at Napier
4 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.
The working behind the estimate above.
Those are prices at those ports, not at Napier, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Rotterdamlow | VLSFO | $663 | 2026-08-30 |
| VLSFO | $680 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $695 | 2026-08-30 | |
| VLSFO | $734 | 2026-08-30 | |
| VLSFO | $781 | 2026-08-30 | |
| VLSFO | $785 | 2026-08-31 |
Indicative, delivered basis. Source: a licensed feed. 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.
Napier bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Napier today?
- No price is published at Napier. The closest port where one is, is Singapore, about 4,674 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $785 a tonne.
- Is Napier 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 Napier?
- Napier 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.