Port Louis bunker prices
MUPLU · MU · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Port Louis, 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 Port Louis
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-30.
Port Louis offers all three delivery routes, and the Mauritius Ports Authority's bunkering code sets out where each one works. Barges serve both the Inner Port quays and vessels at anchor in the Outer Port's northern and southern regions; no bunkering at all is permitted in the Entrance Channel or the English Channel. Shore pipelines reach only named berths, one operator at Quays 1 to 4 and the Oil Jetty, another at Quays A, D and E plus 1 to 4, a third at Quays A, D and E, so pipeline supply is berth-specific rather than general. Road bowsers cover vessels alongside that the pipelines do not reach.
Six barges are in service with cargo tanks between 741 and 21,316 cubic metres, which is the practical envelope; the Authority publishes no maximum stem. Manoeuvring requirements scale with barge size: twin screw from 250 to 500 GT, twin screw or single screw with bow thruster to 1,500 GT, twin screw with bow thrusters above that. The grades are VLSFO, HSFO and LSMGO.
Bunkering during cargo work is allowed, but only after a joint risk assessment by both masters and the cargo terminal operator, kept available for the Port Master. Operations stop above Beaufort force 6, two-metre swell or 27 knots of wind. Night supply is permitted subject to extra moorings and three-hourly reports to Harbour Radio between sunset and sunrise. Approvals run through the MACCS e-bunkering platform before anything starts, with final clearance from Harbour Radio on VHF; the code sets no minimum nomination notice, so lead time is a commercial question, not a regulatory one.
- No published maximum stem size
- No published minimum notice period for a bunker nomination
- No published pumping rates for the barges
- Berth and anchorage draught limits specifically for bunkering are not stated in the code
- No published tug or pilot requirement for a bunker barge shifting within the harbour
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
Who supplies fuel at Port Louis
7 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 Port Louis, 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.
Port Louis bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Port Louis today?
- No price is published at Port Louis. The closest port where one is, is Fujairah, about 2,719 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $795 a tonne.
- Is Port Louis 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 Port Louis?
- Port Louis 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.