Noumea bunker prices
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Who supplies fuel at Noumea
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 Noumea
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Noumea is an alongside operation: the documented delivery methods are pipeline and road tanker at the wharf. One physical supplier lists the delivery points as the Grand Quai (Main Wharf), Quai FED, Quai des Scientifiques, Quai des Longs Courriers, the Gare Maritime (ferry and cruise terminal), the Quai de Peche at Nouville and the Ducos terminal, so where you berth largely decides how you are fuelled.
Size is the real constraint. A supplier's port note gives a maximum draught of 10.5 m for vessels working the harbour, so this is a port for handysize and smaller rather than deep-laden ships. Marine gasoil is the staple distillate, with ULSD also offered, and residual grades (VLSFO and HSFO) are listed as available too. Because delivery is truck- and pipe-fed, a large residual stem takes time, so line up quantity and berth with the supplier before arrival rather than assuming a fast pumping rate.
- Neither supplier page publishes a maximum stem size or a pumping rate.
- Neither lists barge or anchorage delivery, so offshore bunkering appears unavailable but is not confirmed either way.
- No official port-authority source (Port Autonome de la Nouvelle-Caledonie) was found stating bunkering-specific rules or notice periods.
- The pages disagree on residual availability: one lists only distillates and aviation fuels, the other adds VLSFO and HSFO, so confirm HSFO is genuinely stocked.
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
No price is published at Noumea. The closest port where one is, is Manila, about 3,472 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $1002 a tonne.
Manila →That is Manila'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.
Noumea bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Noumea today?
- No price is published at Noumea. The closest port where one is, is Manila, about 3,472 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $1002 a tonne.
- Is Noumea 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 Noumea?
- Noumea 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.