Marine fuel in every port on your voyage.

We are a bunker broker and trader. We do not own barges — we buy from suppliers we have checked, in the ports you are going to, and approved customers can pay later.

Request a quote How a stem works

Broker and traderWe buy the fuel and sell it to you

Payment termsAgreed before we order the fuel, not after delivery

Suppliers we have checkedIn the ports you are going to, worldwide

What we supply

What we supply, and how much notice we need.

VLSFO

0.50 %

The standard fuel everywhere outside an Emission Control Area.

LSMGO

0.10 %

For Emission Control Areas. Delivered by barge or truck.

Why this matters

Fuel is usually the biggest cost of the voyage.

A missed order, a port changed at the last minute, or a supplier who will not give you credit — any of these makes a planned voyage expensive. We agree the supplier and the payment terms before the ship sails.

Bunker barge made fast alongside a container ship at a terminal

Barge alongside · bunkering under way

HSFO

3.50 %

For ships with scrubbers fitted.

Average notice

8.5 days

How far ahead ships now order, on average.

Product tanker

One company to deal with

One contract and one contact for every port on the voyage.

Most buyers have accounts in three or four ports and avoid the others. We order the fuel from a supplier we have checked in the port you are going to, so the port stops deciding your route.

Nomination

7 days

How far ahead most ships order fuel.

Fuels we quote

Eight grades, not just the three everyone lists.

Petroleum grades to ISO 8217. Alternative fuels are quoted subject to port and supplier availability.
Fuel	Typical spec	Sulphur	Where it is used
VLSFO	RMG 380, RMG 180	max 0.50 %	Global cap, outside ECA
ULSFO	Residual, RMD / RMG	max 0.10 %	Inside Emission Control Areas
HSFO	RMG 380, RMK 500	up to 3.50 %	Scrubber-fitted tonnage only
LSMGO	DMA	max 0.10 %	ECA, auxiliaries, boilers
MGO / MDO	DMA, DMB, DMZ	to order	General distillate
Biofuel blends — B24, B30	FAME blended into VLSFO or MGO	per base grade	FuelEU Maritime and EU ETS compliance
LNG	ISO 23306	—	LNG-capable ports, on enquiry
Methanol, incl. bio-methanol	IMPCA	—	Selected ports, on enquiry

Container lines and bulk operators going to EU ports increasingly ask for blends instead of a single grade. Two EU rules are the reason: FuelEU Maritime measures the emissions of the fuel you actually burn, and the Emissions Trading System charges you for the rest. Tell us the target you need to hit and we will quote against it.

Enquiry to delivery

How a stem works with us.

Enquiry

Vessel, IMO number, port, ETA, grade and quantity. Six lines in an email are enough for us to price it.

Firm offer

Price, delivery window, barge or pipeline, payment terms. Valid until a stated time, not forever.

Nomination

You confirm, we place the order with the supplier and send the delivery details to the ship and the agent.

Delivery & BDN

The supplier delivers alongside the ship and hands over the Bunker Delivery Note, as MARPOL Annex VI requires.

How much notice we need

Order early and you pay less.

How much notice each port normally needs before the ship arrives.
Port / region	Notice before ETA	Grades
Houston	8–10 days	HSFO, VLSFO
Panama	5–7 days	All grades
ARA — Rotterdam, Antwerp, Amsterdam	~5 days	All grades
Oman — Salalah, Muscat, Duqm, Sohar	2–3 days	LSMGO

At short notice fewer suppliers bid for your order, and the price shows it. Most ships order seven working days ahead; since the switch to VLSFO the average is about eight and a half days.

Our offices

Dubai, Marseille and New York.

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Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Marseille

France

New York

United States

Send an enquiry

This is all we need to quote you.

Fuel prices move during the day, so an offer is only good for a stated time. Your enquiry goes to a person who can price it, not into a shared inbox. You get a firm price with a deadline, or a plain answer that we cannot cover that port.

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