Kandla — formally Deendayal Port — is India's second-largest cargo port and the busiest port on the west coast, handling 132.3 MMT in FY 2024-25 and specialising in liquid and bulk cargo. In April 2025 Kandla made Indian maritime history by completing the country's first shore-to-ship methanol bunkering trial, positioning it as both a high-volume conventional bunkering port and a green-fuel pioneer. Its location in the Gulf of Kutch, combined with proximity to major Gujarat refineries, makes Kandla natural supply choice for vessels calling Indian west coast ports.
Deendayal Port Authority operates 16 cargo berths alongside dedicated tanker terminals for crude oil and petroleum products. The port's position in Gujarat, close to the Jamnagar refinery complex (the refinery operator, Sikka) and a major Indian oil marketing company's Koyali refinery, gives Kandla access to large volumes of refinery-produced fuel oil. Bunker demand strengthened sharply in 2024-25 on the back of vessel rerouting around the Gulf of Hormuz, with March 2025 seeing barge capacity at full utilisation across all six regional barges for extended periods.
Seven Ocean procures the following marine fuel grades at Kandla. Click any grade for full technical specifications and supply notes.
Kandla supplies VLSFO, LSMGO, HSFO and high-speed diesel across both foreign-going and coastal vessel segments. A major Indian oil marketer's Mumbai refinery supplies Kandla via coastal barge, supplemented by inland pipeline supply's Koyali refinery inland. The port's methanol trial — conducted April 2, 2025 with industry partners, industry partners, industry partners and a leading oil marketer — validated shore-to-ship transfer protocols and a third-party verifier-verified safety systems, with a target of 500 tonnes of methanol available by 2028-29 for dual-fuel vessels on the Asia-Europe corridor.
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: Inland refinery supply piped from Koyali (near Vadodara); supplementary coastal barge from Mumbai refineries.
Barge-to-ship is the primary delivery method at the outer anchorage, with six regional bunker barges in normal service. Truck-to-ship bunkering is available for LSMGO and smaller-volume HSD deliveries at berth. Methanol delivery is currently trial-phase with a limited operational window pending commercial-scale infrastructure completion.
Tankers, bulk carriers, general cargo, container feeders, Capesize bulkers. 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 Kandla, 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.
Beyond the main port facility, the following nearby bunker locations fall within the broader Kandla regional supply area. Each has its own distinct bunker profile — click through for details.
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