Port of Spain bunker prices
TTPOS · TT · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Port of Spain, 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 of Spain
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-30.
Fuel at Port of Spain comes from NP, the state marketing company, whose bunkering installation is at Sea Lots on National Drive inside the city. NP supplies ex-wharf and ex-vessel across the authorised Trinidad and Tobago ports, Port of Spain, Chaguaramas, Point Lisas, Pointe-a-Pierre, San Fernando, Galeota and Scarborough, but publishes neither grades nor quantities, so both must be asked for.
Barge supply is licensed separately, and the licence conditions tell you what a barge here looks like. An Ex-Vessel Marine Bunkering Licence from the Ministry of Energy requires double-hulled, ISM-certified vessels approved by the Maritime Services Division, a Tier 1 spill plan tied into the national contingency plan, at least US$2 million of pollution liability cover, ISGOTT working practice, and fixed lighting over every transfer connection and work area for anything done between sunset and sunrise. Licensees report monthly volumes and customer names to the ministry. Night stems are possible, but they depend on the barge's equipment.
The berth is the real constraint. The port authority's own terminal takes a maximum 294 metres length overall on 12 metres of berth draught across 515 metres of quay, runs vessel operations around the clock, and lists no bunkering permit among its published forms, only port pass, store rent and berthing applications. The harbour regulations still require a ship that has finished discharging to leave the wharf at once unless she loads the same day, and the harbour master directs where vessels anchor and may order them to shift. Plan fuel around cargo rather than after it. Neither the authority nor NP publishes a stem size or a notice period.
- which grades NP actually holds for Port of Spain, and their specifications
- whether a licensed bunker barge routinely serves Port of Spain itself or only Chaguaramas, Point Lisas and…
- maximum stem size ex-wharf or ex-vessel
- notice period required by NP or by the harbour master
- whether the port authority permits bunkering concurrently with cargo work at its berths
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
Who supplies fuel at Port of Spain
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Port of Spain, 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.
The working behind the estimate above.
Those are prices at those ports, not at Port of Spain, 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 | 2026-08-31 |
| VLSFO | $680 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $695 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $734 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $781 | 2026-08-31 | |
| 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 of Spain bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Port of Spain today?
- No price is published at Port of Spain. The closest port where one is, is New York, about 1,921 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $734 a tonne.
- Is Port of Spain 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 of Spain?
- Port of Spain 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.