Port Moresby bunker prices
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Who supplies fuel at Port Moresby
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Port Moresby, 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 Port Moresby
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Port Moresby is one of the six compulsory-pilotage ports operated by PNG Ports Corporation, so a pilot is part of any commercial call here. On the bunker side, Clipper Oil, one of the suppliers listed at the port, offers three ways of getting product aboard: by barge, by pipeline, and by road tanker, drawing on the Napa Napa depot across the harbour and the POM terminal. The grades it lists run to MGO, VLSFO, HSFO and ULSD, so a low-sulphur stem can be lifted here rather than carried in.
For smaller diesel and fresh-water parcels, Argo Marine keeps its own bunker and fresh-water points at Paga Wharf inside Port Moresby Harbour, geared to marine diesel and water rather than heavy grades. Match the method to the stem, barge alongside for a sizeable heavy-fuel lift and truck for a modest diesel parcel, and settle berth suitability and timing with your agent before arrival, because the operational thresholds are not published online.
- PNG Ports lists Port Moresby among its six compulsory-pilotage ports but does not publish the vessel-size threshold or the notice period for compulsory pilotage.
- Neither the Clipper Oil nor the Argo Marine page gives a minimum or maximum bunker stem size for Port Moresby.
- No supplier page consulted states a bunker nomination or notice lead time for the port.
- Argo Marine names MDO and fresh water at its Paga Wharf points but does not say whether heavy fuel grades can be supplied there.
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
No price is published at Port Moresby. The closest port where one is, is Manila, about 2,125 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.
Port Moresby bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Port Moresby today?
- No price is published at Port Moresby. The closest port where one is, is Manila, about 2,125 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $1002 a tonne.
- Is Port Moresby 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 Moresby?
- Port Moresby 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.