Kamarajar Port — historically known as Ennore Port, located 24 km north of Chennai — is India's first corporatised major port and a specialised energy and automobile handling facility. With 16.0-metre draft and dedicated terminals for coal, LNG, petroleum products, iron ore and automobiles, the port handled 48.2 MMT in FY 2024-25. A major Indian oil marketing company operates bunker supply spanning Kamarajar and adjacent Chennai Port through barge and truck infrastructure.
Kamarajar Port Limited operates seven berths serving specialised cargo flows. Ennore hosts the LNG terminal operator Kochi terminal's east-coast counterpart (Ennore LNG Terminal, ~5 MTPA capacity) — significant for gas-fuelled vessel operators. The port's Ro-Ro automobile terminal handles major vehicle exports. Coal imports for Tamil Nadu's thermal power sector drive Capesize bulk traffic. Bunker demand scales with this diverse vessel mix.
Seven Ocean procures the following marine fuel grades at Ennore. Click any grade for full technical specifications and supply notes.
Kamarajar supplies VLSFO, LSMGO, HSFO and HSD through a major Indian oil marketing company-led supply infrastructure shared with Chennai Port. Fuel originates from the regional refiner's Manali refinery. LNG availability through the Ennore Terminal supports LNG-fuelled vessels on case-by-case arrangement — this is a specialised operation coordinated directly with the terminal operator and gas supplier.
Supply landscape: Seven Ocean sources bunker fuel at this location from the full range of available physical suppliers — state-owned oil marketing companies, private-sector bunker operators, and private regional specialists — selecting for each nomination based on price, quality and availability.
Refinery & product source: the regional refiner Manali (via pipeline/barge); supplementary coastal supply.
Dedicated oil jetty for pipeline bunkering serves tankers calling the petroleum terminal. Barge-to-ship is standard at general berths and anchorage. Truck-to-ship handles LSMGO and HSD for automobile carriers and Ro-Ro vessels where quick small stems are common. LNG bunkering is arranged directly through the Ennore LNG terminal.
Coal bulkers, LNG carriers, automobiles (Ro-Ro), general cargo, tankers. Whatever the vessel class, our procurement approach stays the same: obtain competing quotes from available physical suppliers, confirm barge or pipeline capacity against your schedule, and hand over the delivery with proper documentation.
GST on bunker fuel supplied at Ennore, as at all Indian ports, is 5 percent for both foreign-going and coastal vessels. Indian-flag vessels operating under the Merchant Shipping Act plying cargo between Indian ports can claim customs duty exemption on imported bunker fuels subject to documentary conditions — we handle the paperwork as part of the supply contract. Bunker Delivery Notes are issued MARPOL Annex VI compliant with every stem.
Seven Ocean procures marine fuel at all 10 major Indian ports. Tell us the vessel, the port, the grade — we come back with a stem.
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