Southampton bunker prices
GBSOU · GB · 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 Southampton, 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 Southampton
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-30.
Fuel comes by barge, and the barge is treated as a traffic problem as much as a supply one. Before any stem the barge master must call Southampton VTS on channel 12 to discuss large vessel movements during the operation, must request permission to stay alongside while they pass, and must be ready to stop pumping and shift berth at short notice. Barges will normally be allowed to remain alongside at berths 38/9, 101, 105 and 106 as a large ship passes, but must cease and clear hoses of pollutants for Container Category 6 and 7 ships; outboard of a vessel on 102 berth they may not stay at all while those pass. A barge bunkering next to the main channel must carry a pilot or PEC holder and keep propulsion and thrusters at immediate readiness. Fog stops it: barge movements are prohibited through visibility under five cables unless the barge has no polluting goods on board, and under two cables all bunkering ceases for any ship over 150 metres passing.
The rule that most often costs time is that bunkering is not to take place during the hours of darkness without the Harbour Master's written permission. LNG is confined to Ocean Dock, needs the Harbour Master's pre-approval of both barge and ship pairing, uses spacer barges and a 52 metre exclusion zone, and calls for an abort berth once forecast wind exceeds 15 knots at Dock Head.
ExxonMobil, refining at Fawley, publishes HSFO 380 and 0.1 per cent DMA plus bio versions of each, all barge delivered; it lists no VLSFO. No maximum stem is published.
- No maximum or minimum stem size published by ABP or by the refinery supplier
- No stated notice period in hours for booking a barge or for the Harbour Master's written night-work…
- Whether bunkering is permitted at the Solent anchorages, and under what conditions, is not covered in the…
- Whether VLSFO is available at Southampton from any supplier's own published product list could not be…
- No published road tanker bunkering route for small stems
- Barge capacities and pumping rates are not published
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
Who supplies fuel at Southampton
4 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 Southampton, 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.
Southampton bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Southampton today?
- No price is published at Southampton. The closest port where one is, is Rotterdam, about 217 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $663 a tonne.
- Is Southampton 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 Southampton?
- Southampton 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.