Bunker Procurement

From the requirement to the purchase order.

See which vessels call your bunker ports, set what each call needs, send the request to your vendors and award the best quote, with the vendor confirming through a secure link.

Stowlines bunker planning: vessels calling bunker ports with their requirements and RFQs
What it does

The whole purchase, in one place.

Bunker planning

The vessels calling your bunker ports in a date range, filtered by service, region, port, fuel or buyer.

Requirements per call

Several requirements on one port call, by fuel grade and quantity, each spot or under contract.

Contracts in view

Vendor contracts with their rates imported from Excel, and each contract's minimum, maximum, planned and balance.

RFQs in one click

A pre-filled request to your bunker vendors by e-mail, checked by you before it goes.

Quotes by secure link

Vendors quote without a login: price, quantity, validity, delivery and specs, with the BDN, COQ and invoice attached.

Compare and decide

Quotes ranked side by side with a recommendation and its reasons; choosing another asks for a remark.

Award in a click

Award, reject, withdraw an award or ask one vendor to quote again; the vendor confirms or declines from the e-mail.

Purchase orders

The purchase order as a PDF, kept with the request.

Expiry reminders

An e-mail reminder before a quote runs out, so no good price lapses.

How it works

Four steps to the purchase order.

  1. Plan the calls

    Pick the bunker calls and set each one's grade, quantity and spot or contract.

  2. Send the RFQ

    One click sends the request to your vendors, each with their own secure link.

  3. Compare the quotes

    The quotes come in ranked, with a recommendation and its reasons.

  4. Award and order

    Award the quote, the vendor confirms, and the purchase order is ready.

One platform, nothing typed twiceBunker Procurement works on the same vessels, ports, tariffs and voyages as the Voyage Estimator and the other modules.
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FAQs

About Bunker Procurement.

Something else? Write to admin@stowlines.com.

How do I work out a vessel's bunker requirement?

Bunker planning shows the vessels calling your bunker ports with the voyage's fuel figures, and you set the grade and quantity for each call.

Do our vendors need an account?

No. Each vendor gets a secure link by e-mail to quote, and later to confirm or decline the award.

Can we buy under contract and on the spot?

Yes. Each requirement is marked spot or contract, and each contract shows what is planned against it and the balance.

Who makes the decision?

You do. The quotes are ranked and one is recommended with its reasons; choosing another simply asks for a remark.

What happens after the award?

The vendor confirms or declines from the e-mail, and the purchase order is ready to download as a PDF.

Does it use the vessels and voyages we already have?

Yes. Bunker planning works on the same vessels, voyages and ports as the schedule and the Voyage Estimator.