Rades bunker prices
TNRDS · TN · Major bunkering hub · Emission Control Area
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Rades, 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 Rades
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Rades, 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 Rades
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
Rades, on the Gulf of Tunis, is Tunisia's main container and roll-on/roll-off terminal, not a bunkering hub. Ships reach it through a dredged approach channel and turning basins cut to about 12 metres, and the berths are correspondingly shallow: the container quay carries roughly 9 metres alongside, and hydrocarbons and other liquid bulk are worked at a dedicated 170-metre berth with about 9.45 metres alongside. Four tugs and two pilot boats serve the port. This is a place sized for feeders, box ships and ro-ros, not deep-draft tankers.
Marine gas oil is the grade suppliers list for Tunisia, with high-sulphur fuel oil and ULSD also offered and Rades named among their supply points. Since 1 May 2025 the whole Mediterranean is a sulphur Emission Control Area, so fuel burned here must meet 0.10 percent, one more reason MGO leads.
- No source read states how bunkers are physically delivered at Rades (barge versus road tanker).
- No published maximum bunker stem size was found.
- The port rules read do not indicate whether bunkering is permitted at the container/ro-ro berths or only at the liquid-bulk berth.
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 Rades, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VLSFO | $744 | 2026-09-0145d | |
| VLSFO | $761 | 2026-09-0343d | |
| VLSFO | $758 | 2026-09-0541d | |
| VLSFO | $753 | 2026-09-0740d | |
Maltalow | VLSFO | $735 | 2026-09-0938d |
| VLSFO | $743 | 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.
Rades bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Rades today?
- No price is published at Rades. The closest port where one is, is Malta, about 212 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $744 a tonne.
- Is Rades 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 Rades?
- Rades 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.