Houston Marine Fuel Prices

Major US Gulf Coast bunkering hub serving petrochemical and energy trades. Direct access to US refining capacity.

Americas
8,000+ vessels/year
8 million MT
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API-Backed Bunker Prices

Latest record: Sep 28, 2026, 12:00 PM
MGO 0.5%S
$1386.50
MGO_05S_USHOU_USD
Last updated
Sep 28, 2026, 12:00 PM
Source: market_reporting
VLSFO
$748.00
VLSFO_USHOU_USD
Last updated
Sep 28, 2026, 12:00 PM
Source: market_reporting
HFO 380
$556.50
HFO_380_USHOU_USD
Last updated
Sep 28, 2026, 12:00 PM
Source: market_reporting

Bunker benchmarks update on business days, following the upstream assessment schedule (no weekend or holiday assessments). Each timestamp above is the latest API record for that grade — not a page-render time. A value that looks unchanged usually means the market simply held steady; the timestamp confirms it is current. For the marine gas oil benchmark itself, see the latest MGO 0.5%S price.

Modeled fuel demand (Oxford/NERC, 2024, OGL v3)

Modeled baseline demand in tonnes of heavy-fuel-oil equivalent per year, estimated from 2019 AIS vessel movements for trips of 1,000 km or more, with each trip's fuel assigned to its port of origin. It is a model output, not reported bunker sales and not a price. Large bunkering hubs typically sell more fuel than this model assigns them.

Port in the model
Houston, U.S.A.
UN sub-region
Northern America
Modeled baseline fuel demand
2.09 Mt HFO-equivalent per year (0.95% of the model total)
Rank by modeled demand
#12 of 1,363 ports; #1 of 115 in Northern America
Modeled demand by vessel type
Tanker 73.8% · Container 11.2% · Dry bulk 9.1% · General cargo 5.3%

Contains data supplied by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Source: Verschuur, J. (2024). Maritime fuel demand projections for the year 2050 at 1377 global ports. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/f22a6c34-bd82-4fde-911c-16793f2a6752. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3. OilPriceAPI grants no rights in this data.

Port Advantages

  • US Gulf Coast hub
  • Proximity to refineries
  • Competitive pricing
  • Large storage capacity
  • Energy sector expertise

Port Information

Location
United States
Timezone
America/Chicago
Regulations
US EPA standards, ISO 8217, ECA compliant

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Compare Houston with Other Major Ports

PortCountryVolume (MT/yr)RankRegion
Singapore🇸🇬51.8M#1APAC
Rotterdam🇳🇱9.8M#2Europe
Fujairah🇦🇪7.5M#3Middle East
Zhoushan🇨🇳7.0M#4APAC
Antwerp🇧🇪6.2M#5Europe
Busan🇰🇷5.8M#6APAC
Hong Kong🇭🇰5.1M#7APAC
Houston (current)🇺🇸4.0M#8Americas

Volume data based on annual bunker fuel sales. Rankings updated quarterly.

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