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Service 08 · Bunker & Fuel Services

Bunker & fuel services in Bangladesh

Independent protection on both sides of the bunker transaction — procurement support, quantity surveys, quality sampling and dispute investigation at every Bangladesh anchorage and terminal, any hour of the day.

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bunker & fuel services under this discipline, each with its own page

The most disputed tonnes in shipping, protected at the manifold

Bunkers are a vessel’s single largest voyage cost, and the easiest place to lose money quietly: a cappuccino effect in the barge tanks, a density that doesn’t match the BDN, a sample bottle that was never sealed. At Bangladesh anchorages — where fuel arrives by barge, often at night, mid-lightering — the owner or charterer who isn’t independently represented at the manifold is negotiating from memory when the shortfall surfaces weeks later.

FleetGo’s bunker desk covers the whole transaction: procurement support and supplier due diligence before the stem, chief-engineer-led quantity and sampling attendance during delivery, and investigation, reconciliation and claims support when figures don’t agree. One desk, both sides of the risk — quantity and quality.

Bunker & fuel services we provide

Bunker Quantity Survey (BQS)

Chief-engineer-led sounding, temperature and density verification on barge and vessel at delivery — the figures that decide who pays for missing tonnes.

Quality Sampling & Lab Liaison

MARPOL-compliant sampling at the manifold, sealed and witnessed, with testing coordinated through accredited laboratories and results interpreted for you.

Bunker Procurement Support

Stem enquiries, supplier comparison and price benchmarking for bunkers at Bangladesh anchorages — before you commit to the wrong barge.

Supplier Due Diligence

Track record, barge condition, measurement practice and dispute history of local suppliers — checked before the stem, not after the shortfall.

Bunker Dispute Investigation

Shortage and quality disputes investigated from soundings, BDNs, samples and barge records — with a clear opinion on where the tonnes went.

Quantity Reconciliation & ROB Audits

Delivered-versus-received reconciliation, ROB verification at on/off-hire and consumption analysis across the charter period.

Debunkering Supervision

Off-spec fuel removal supervised end to end — quantities, custody, documentation and disposal compliance.

BDN & MARPOL Compliance Checks

Bunker delivery notes, sample retention and IMO 2020 sulphur documentation checked against MARPOL Annex VI requirements.

Fuel Changeover & Compatibility Advisory

Changeover procedures, compatibility and stability assessment when blending or switching fuels — before sludge finds the purifiers.

Each service above becomes its own dedicated page in the full build — e.g. “Bunker Quantity Survey — Chattogram Outer Anchorage” — following this same template.

How a bunker instruction works

STEP 1

Instruct

Vessel, stem details and delivery window. Surveyor nomination and quote within one hour, 24/7.

STEP 2

Attend the delivery

Surveyor on barge and vessel before, during and after pumping — soundings, temperatures, samples, seals.

STEP 3

Report from the manifold

Delivered quantity and any protest advised to your desk before the barge lets go.

STEP 4

Full report in 24h

Signed report with calculations, BDN copies, sample receipts and photographs — dispute-ready.

Where we attend

Bunker survey — Chattogram outer anchorage — barge deliveries attended day and night on the Karnaphuli roads.

Bunker surveys in Bangladesh — quantity and quality protection at every anchorage and terminal nationwide.

Bunker attendance — Mongla Port — deliveries on the Pashur River, shore and barge supply.

Fuel surveys — Payra & Matarbari — bunker calls for the new deep-water gateways covered from Chattogram.

Bunkering at Kutubdia Anchorage — mid-stream deliveries attended by launch during lightering operations.

ROB & redelivery surveys — all ports — on/off-hire bunker verification wherever the charter starts or ends.

What you receive

Frequently asked questions

What does a bunker survey cost at Chattogram?

A fixed attendance fee quoted in writing within one hour — scaled to anchorage, timing and whether barge-side attendance is included. Against a typical shortfall claim, the survey fee is recovered many times over on a single delivery.

The usual routes are aerated fuel (the cappuccino effect), inflated temperature or density figures and creative tank soundings on the barge. We sound both barge and vessel before and after pumping, verify density by hydrometer against the BDN, and protest discrepancies before the barge lets go.

Yes. Most Bangladesh bunker deliveries happen at anchorage, many at night. The operations desk arranges launches and surveyor boarding around the barge schedule, any hour, any day — including mid-lightering at Kutubdia.

The sealed manifold samples go to an accredited laboratory and we interpret the results against ISO 8217 and the stem terms. If the fuel fails, we support the claim — quantities, custody, correspondence — and supervise debunkering if the fuel must come off.

Yes. The desk runs stem enquiries, benchmarks prices, checks supplier track records and barge condition, and recommends terms — independent support on the buy side, since we take no commission from any supplier.

Vessel name and IMO, ETA or position, anchorage or berth, stem quantity and grades, supplier and barge if known, and the delivery window. Confirmation comes back within the hour.

Related services

Draft, on/off-hire and condition surveys during the same call

When a shortfall or quality dispute becomes a claim

Machinery damage from bad fuel — cause and repair

Instruct a bunker attendance

Vessel, stem details and delivery window — the operations desk confirms surveyor and quote within one hour, 24/7.

INCLUDE IN YOUR INSTRUCTION
CREDENTIALS

BIMCO Member · IIMS-accredited surveyors · ISO 9001:2015 · Listed P&I correspondent for all Bangladesh ports

Bunkering in Bangladesh this week?

A surveyor can be at the manifold before the barge comes alongside — confirmed within the hour.