Ngqura bunker prices
ZAZBA · ZA · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Ngqura, 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 Ngqura
8 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 Ngqura
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Ngqura (Coega) is a Transnet National Ports Authority deep-water port; the entrance channel and turning basin are dredged to about 18 metres chart datum, with container and general-cargo berths at 16 to 18 metres. It was built for boxes and dry and liquid bulk, not as a dedicated bunker port. Conventional refuelling in this area is done offshore, ship-to-ship at anchor in Algoa Bay, the bay that serves both Ngqura and the Port of Port Elizabeth; fuel is passed vessel to vessel rather than over a berth. That trade sits under heavy regulatory pressure, with a 2019 environmental licensing moratorium and continuing litigation over marine-life impacts, so availability and permits can change and must be verified before you rely on them. Separately, DNG Energy holds TNPA authorisation for LNG bunkering at Ngqura, with a floating storage unit in Algoa Bay offering offshore ship-to-ship supply. Treat any stem here as permit-dependent.
- No TNPA-published maximum stem size or bunker-specific berth designation for Ngqura itself could be found.
- No port-authority source ties specific Algoa Bay anchorage numbers to Ngqura versus Port Elizabeth.
- The current (2026) licensing status of Algoa Bay ship-to-ship bunkering could not be confirmed from an authority source.
- No published conventional VLSFO/HFO physical-supplier list for Ngqura was confirmed.
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 Ngqura, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Durbanlow | VLSFO | $927 | 2026-09-0145d |
| VLSFO | $956 | 2026-09-0343d | |
| VLSFO | $948 | 2026-09-0541d | |
| VLSFO | $959 | 2026-09-0739d | |
| VLSFO | $966 | 2026-09-0937d | |
| VLSFO | $970 | 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.
Ngqura bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Ngqura today?
- No price is published at Ngqura. The closest port where one is, is Durban, about 360 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $927 a tonne.
- Is Ngqura 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 Ngqura?
- Ngqura 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.