Philipsburg bunker prices
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Arithmetic on the 5 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Philipsburg, 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 Philipsburg
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Philipsburg, 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 Philipsburg
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Philipsburg's port, Port St Maarten in Great Bay, is a cruise-dominated call, moving over 1.8 million passengers a year, and bunkering is supplier-arranged alongside rather than at a dedicated oil berth. Caribbean Fuels covers the port and names its delivery points as the Philipsburg cruise terminal (the Dr. A.C. Wathey Cruise Piers North and South) and the Dr. A.C. Wathey Cruise & Cargo Facility (Captain David Cargo Quay and the inter-island berth); its desk is manned 24/7.
The grades listed for St Maarten are MGO, VLSFO, HSFO, ULSD, ULP and Jet A-1, so both distillate and residual are on offer.
Caveats to put to the supplier: the page does not say whether fuel comes by barge or road tanker, nor does it give a maximum stem, a nomination period, or rules for bunkering at anchor in Great Bay versus alongside. The port authority page I read does not cover a separate bulk tanker terminal, so confirm where and how you will actually take fuel.
- The supplier does not state whether delivery is by barge or road tanker.
- No maximum stem size is published for Philipsburg.
- No nomination or advance-notice period is published.
- Whether bunkering is permitted at anchor in Great Bay, as opposed to alongside, is not addressed.
- The port authority page I read does not describe a separate bulk tanker terminal (a Cole Bay terminal appears only on directory aggregators).
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 Philipsburg, 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 4 hours alongside.
VLSFO at nearby and alternative ports
| Port | Grade | USD / MT | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
Livornolow | VLSFO | $549 | 2026-09-01 |
| VLSFO | $573 | 2026-09-01 | |
| VLSFO | $573 | 2026-09-01 | |
| VLSFO | $623 | 2026-09-01 | |
| VLSFO | $623 | 2026-09-01 | |
| VLSFO | $623 | 2026-09-01 |
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.
Philipsburg bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Philipsburg today?
- No price is published at Philipsburg. The closest port where one is, is Kingston, about 785 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $852 a tonne.
- Is Philipsburg 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 Philipsburg?
- Philipsburg 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.