The port of Gibraltar recorded 431 bunker calls in September this year, down from 449 in August, Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) figures show.

IMAGE: Cruise ship in the Port of Gibraltar. Getty Images

However, on a year-on-year basis, Gibraltar’s bunker calls have significantly increased from 387 calls in September 2024.

The port received 3,875 bunker calls from January to September in 2025, inching 2% up from the 3,804 ships that bunkered at the port in the same period last year.   

Meanwhile, 20 cruise ships arrived for bunkers in September, up from 15 vessels in August. In the same period last year, 24 cruise vessels had called for bunkering in Gibraltar.

Gibraltar’s bunker fuel demand usually increases with cruise traffic, which peaks during the summer months from April to September. A total of 85 cruise ships called at the port during these months this year, compared to 70 cruise ships that called during the same months last year.

A total of 145 cruise ships called at Gibraltar till September this year, up from 106 in the same period a year ago.

By Nachiket Tekawade

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