San Diego bunker prices
USSAN · US · Emission Control Area
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at San Diego, 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 San Diego
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for San Diego, 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 San Diego
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
At San Diego most commercial bunkering is by barge worked out of the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal downtown; one local supplier, The Jankovich Company, runs a fleet of five double-hull tank barges and states it can deliver over 500,000 gallons in a single delivery. Grades offered locally include MGO, CARB diesel and both high- and low-sulphur IFO 380, 280 and 180. Smaller craft such as fishing boats and yachts can instead take ULSD or renewable R99 by pipeline at Harbor Island.
The San Diego Harbor Safety Plan governs movement around fuel transfers. A tank ship or barge carrying petroleum products, explosives or hazardous materials should not commence a movement in the approaches or the outer or inner harbour with a visibility of less than 0.5 nautical miles (1,000 yards). During a bunkering a 'securite' call is made and a no-wake zone requested, monitored on VHF 16 and VHF 13.
- The Harbor Safety Plan does not publish a maximum stem size; barge capacity is supplier-dependent, so ask.
- The sources read confirm barge delivery at the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal and pipeline at Harbor Island, but do not confirm whether the National City Marine Terminal is used as a bunker delivery point.
- Whether commercial bunkering is permitted at anchorage, rather than only alongside, is not specified in the sources read.
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 San Diego, 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 | $895 | 2026-08-2157d | |
Los Angeleslow | VLSFO | $836 | 2026-09-0146d |
Los Angeleslow | VLSFO | $836 | 2026-08-3147d |
| VLSFO | $845 | 2026-09-0145d | |
| VLSFO | $856 | 2026-09-0344d | |
| VLSFO | $873 | 2026-09-0343d |
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.
San Diego bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at San Diego today?
- No price is published at San Diego. The closest port where one is, is Long Beach, about 82 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $895 a tonne.
- Is San Diego 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 San Diego?
- San Diego 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.