Suape bunker prices
BRSUA · BR · Major bunkering hub
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Suape, 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 Suape
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-30.
Suape can put fuel aboard through a shore line: the port's operating regulation states that bunkering lines run to every berth of the outer port, namely CMU, PGL-1, PGL-2, PGL-3A and PGL-3B. The same clause allows the alternative of a barge moored alongside, delivering either to a berthed ship or to one at anchor, but anchorage delivery additionally needs environmental licensing and Maritime Authority authorisation, so it is slower to arrange than it looks. Suppliers must be registered with the port authority under Portaria 18/2018 before they may fuel a berthed vessel, and the authority charges its public tariff on the operation, so the choice of supplier is not purely commercial. Any ship-to-ship oil transfer must follow NORMAM-08/2013, chapter 6, section 2, item 601: a preventive containment boom around the operation, a dedicated oil response craft standing by with equipment and trained crew, absorbent boom kits at the hose connections on both vessels, and, at night, lighting of the hose connection area on both ships plus lighting on the response craft covering the ship-to-ship interface and the boom itself. The berth request goes in as the Aviso de Atracação through the Porto Sem Papel system at least 48 hours before arrival, with a shorter period allowed only where the voyage itself is under 48 hours; miss it and the authority may count the notice from the day the papers are complete. The outer-port liquid berths handle diesel, marine diesel, fuel oil, gasoline and jet fuel as cargo. No maximum stem size or bunker grade list is published.
- No maximum stem size published in the port regulation or by the port authority
- Which grades are actually available as bunkers, as opposed to handled as cargo at the liquid berths, is not…
- No notice period stated for a bunker stem specifically, as distinct from the 48-hour berthing notice
- Nothing published on whether pipeline bunkering at an outer-port berth may run simultaneously with cargo…
- Portaria 18/2018 itself was not readable; only its title and effect are described in the port regulation
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
Who supplies fuel at Suape
6 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 Suape, 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.
Suape bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Suape today?
- No price is published at Suape. The closest port where one is, is Santos, about 1,139 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $781 a tonne.
- Is Suape 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 Suape?
- Suape 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.