Zeebrugge bunker prices
BEZEE · BE · Major bunkering hub · Emission Control Area · EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime apply
Arithmetic on the 6 nearest ports where a price was observed, weighted by distance. Nobody has quoted this at Zeebrugge, 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 Zeebrugge
Operational notes, from the port authority and the suppliers’ own published documents. Checked 2026-08-31.
At Zeebrugge, now part of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, bunkers are delivered afloat from a licensed bunker vessel rather than over a fixed terminal, so quantity is measured as fuel passes from the bunker ship to the receiving vessel. The big change for anyone stemming here now: from 1 January 2026 every bunker vessel operating in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Zeebrugge included, must use a certified mass flow meter when delivering residual and distillate fuels (fuel oil and diesel) and biofuels. The meter system has to be certified and submitted to the harbour master or port captain before that date, and working without it risks fines or revocation of the bunker licence.
In practice you deal through a licensed supplier and expect an MFM-metered delivery, with the ticket generated by the meter. Zeebrugge also sits inside an Emission Control Area and EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime apply, so line up compliant grades and the associated reporting before you fix.
- The fetched source does not state a maximum stem size for Zeebrugge, nor where within the port bunkering is permitted
- It does not say whether the mass-flow-meter mandate excludes straight MGO or LNG deliveries
- It does not give notice periods or the procedure for booking a licensed bunker barge
Ask the supplier to confirm these before you fix a stem on them.
Who supplies fuel at Zeebrugge
Read from each company's own published coverage of this port. No port authority register was found for Zeebrugge, 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.
The working behind the estimate above.
Those are prices at those ports, not at Zeebrugge, 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 | 2026-08-31 |
| VLSFO | $680 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $695 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $734 | 2026-08-31 | |
| VLSFO | $781 | 2026-08-31 | |
| 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.
Zeebrugge bunkering FAQ
- What is the bunker price at Zeebrugge today?
- No price is published at Zeebrugge. The closest port where one is, is Rotterdam, about 51 nautical miles away — VLSFO at $663 a tonne.
- Is Zeebrugge 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 Zeebrugge?
- Zeebrugge is in the EU/EEA, so voyages to, from and within it fall under the EU Emissions Trading System, and FuelEU Maritime applies to ships of 5,000 GT and above. That adds a real per-tonne cost that a headline bunker price does not show.