Terms of Service

Bunker Fuel Prices is a software platform for marine fuel price information and procurement workflow. We publish indicative price information, monitor vessels via AIS, calculate the cost of bunkering decisions, and help you send requests for quote to suppliers and compare their replies.

We are not a fuel supplier, trader or broker. We do not buy, sell, own or take title to fuel. We do not enter into contracts for supply on your behalf. Any contract for fuel is between you and your supplier.

Every price shown on the public pages is indicative. It is an indication of where a market has been observed, not an offer to sell, not a quotation, and not a guarantee that fuel can be bought at that figure.

A firm price exists only when a supplier gives you one, with their own stated quantity, delivery window, specification, payment terms and validity. Prices from different suppliers at the same port on the same day routinely differ by ten to twenty-five dollars a tonne, and no single published figure describes what any particular supplier will charge you.

Where a figure is our own assessment, we publish the method beside it: how many observations it rests on, from how many independent sources, over what period, and the range they spanned. Where a figure comes from a third party, we say so.

Do not make a purchasing decision on an indicative price alone. Request firm quotes.

The platform calculates estimated savings, deviation costs, emissions liabilities and tax treatment. These are models. They rest on assumptions we state alongside each result — vessel consumption, charter hire, sea distance, allowance prices, exchange rates and the vessel's regulatory status.

Sea distances are estimates unless a routed distance has been supplied. Duty and VAT treatment depends on a vessel's registration, charter status and the rules of the port state, which differ and are actively enforced. Nothing on this platform is tax, legal, regulatory or investment advice. Confirm your position with your agent or adviser before acting.

When you raise a request for quote, we send it to the suppliers shown to you, in your name, and record their replies. We do not negotiate on your behalf, do not accept or decline offers for you, and do not commit you to anything. Awarding a stem is your decision and your contract.

Supplier replies are read by an automated system and normalised into a comparison. We take reasonable care, and the system flags anything it is unsure of for a person to check rather than presenting it as certain. Even so, the supplier's own message is the authoritative version of their offer. Before you commit, read it.

You are responsible for what happens under your account and for keeping access to your email secure, since sign-in links are sent there. Tell us promptly if you believe your account has been used without your authority.

You may not use the platform to send unsolicited commercial messages, to misrepresent who you are, to submit prices you are not authorised to publish, or to extract our data in bulk for a competing service.

Paid plans are billed monthly in advance through Stripe. Prices are shown exclusive of any tax that applies to you. You can change or cancel your plan at any time from the billing portal.

Cancelling stops the next renewal; it does not cut your access immediately. Your plan keeps working to the end of the period you have already paid for. We do not refund part-used periods, but we also do not take away days you have bought.

If a payment fails we will tell you and Stripe will retry. We do not suspend an account for a failed payment without warning you first.

We work to keep the platform available and the data current, but we do not promise uninterrupted service. Price feeds, AIS providers and email delivery are supplied by third parties and can fail. Where data is stale or missing, the platform says so rather than showing you a number that looks current and is not.

Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited, including for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.

Subject to that: we are not liable for trading losses, lost profit, the price you paid for fuel, a decision you took on the basis of an indicative figure, or a dispute between you and a supplier. Our total liability in any twelve-month period is limited to the fees you paid us in that period.

This reflects what we are. We provide information and workflow; we do not sell the fuel, set the price or perform the delivery.

We are not involved in the physical supply. Disputes about specification, off-spec cargo, short delivery, sampling, bunker delivery notes or timing are between you and your supplier. Our records of what was quoted may be useful evidence, and we will provide them to you on request.

You are responsible for your own sanctions, export control and know-your-counterparty obligations. The platform flags what it can, but a flag is not clearance and the absence of a flag is not approval. We may decline to route a request or suspend an account where we believe there is a compliance risk.

We may change these terms. If a change materially affects you we will tell you by email before it takes effect. Continuing to use the platform after that is acceptance.

These terms are governed by English law, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction. English law is chosen because it is the law most international shipping contracts are written under, which makes it the least surprising choice for both sides.