Port Qasim bunker prices
PKBQM · PK · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Port Qasim, 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 Port Qasim
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Port Qasim, 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 Qasim
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Bunkering at Port Qasim is being brought under a new electronic regime. Pakistan's Federal Board of Revenue has issued draft Customs Marine Bunkering Rules covering Port Qasim Authority limits (alongside Karachi and Gwadar). Under them no one may supply a foreign vessel without a licence from the Mercantile Marine Department and customs registration through the Pakistan Single Window; suppliers act as Authorised Bunker Operators, and the master or agent must file an electronic Permit to Work through the port community system before any transfer begins.
The draft is prescriptive on measurement and custody. Bunker barges must be customs-registered and fitted with mass flow meters calibrated within the previous twelve months, with tamper-evident seals on meters and valves. Every stem needs a Bunker Delivery Note, three sealed samples are retained for at least twelve months, and quantity or quality disputes go to customs within four hours; officers may board, sample and halt a delivery. Treat this as a framework still in draft, so confirm what is actually in force before fixing a stem.
- The draft rules do not state the physical delivery method (barge or pipeline) for Port Qasim.
- No maximum stem size is published in the rules.
- The effective / in-force date is not confirmed — the rules are a draft still under consultation.
- No designated bunkering anchorage or berth is named.
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 Port Qasim, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Kandlalow | VLSFO | $939 | 2026-09-0145d |
Kandlalow | VLSFO | $939 | 2026-09-0343d |
Kandlalow | VLSFO | $939 | 2026-09-0541d |
| VLSFO | $970 | 2026-09-0739d | |
| VLSFO | $949 | 2026-09-0938d | |
| VLSFO | $949 | 2026-09-1136d |
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 Qasim bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Port Qasim today?
- No price is published at Port Qasim. The closest port where one is, is Kandla, about 191 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $939 a tonne.
- Is Port Qasim 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 Qasim?
- Port Qasim 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.