Seattle bunker prices
USSEA · US · 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 Seattle, 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 Seattle
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-30.
Delivery is by barge. The Port of Seattle's Terminals Tariff No. 5 carries a special rate for barges receiving or discharging fuel at Terminal 18, at $341.50 per 24-hour period or part, and its bundled cruise port fee expressly includes the Fire Department fee for a bunkering permit, so a fire department permit sits behind a cruise stem. Centerline Logistics, which began in Seattle in 1987 as Olympic Tug and Barge, describes its ship fuelling as done from a fleet of double-hull barges. Beyond that permit fee the port tariff sets out no bunkering procedure; what shapes the plan is Washington state law. Under WAC 173-184-100 the delivering vessel must give Ecology at least 24 hours' notice of any transfer over 100 gallons, or the Coast Guard Captain of the Port's timeframe if that is longer, and must update the notice if the start time moves by more than six hours. WAC 173-184-110 then classifies the job by rate, anything over 500 gallons per minute being Rate A, and WAC 173-184-115 requires a Rate A transfer to be preboomed whenever it is safe and effective, using boom four times the length of the largest vessel involved or 2,000 feet, whichever is less. Where no approved threshold report covers the location, booming is waived above sustained wind of 20 knots, gusts of 30, waves over three feet or current of 1.5 knots, but a reporting form then goes to Ecology before the transfer and every four hours at anchor. Neither the port nor the state publishes a maximum stem or a grade list.
- No maximum stem size published by the Port of Seattle or any supplier
- Which berths and anchorages in Elliott Bay a bunker barge may work is not published; only Terminal 18…
- Nothing published on whether bunkering may run simultaneously with cargo or passenger operations at Port…
- No grade list; whether HSFO is available locally is unstated by any primary source
- The Seattle Fire Department bunkering permit is referenced only in the port tariff; the permit's own…
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
Who supplies fuel at Seattle
1 of these are on the port authority's register of licensed suppliers. The rest publish their own coverage of this port.
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 Seattle, 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 | 2026-08-30 |
| VLSFO | $680 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $695 | 2026-08-30 | |
| VLSFO | $734 | 2026-08-30 | |
| VLSFO | $781 | 2026-08-30 | |
| 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.
Seattle bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Seattle today?
- No price is published at Seattle. The closest port where one is, is Los Angeles, about 834 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $836 a tonne.
- Is Seattle 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 Seattle?
- Seattle 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.