Diesel fill up - Turkey now or Greece later?

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Just snugged in to Finike for the winter and have to make a decision on filling up. It will take about 1000 litres to fill the tanks. Diesel in the marina is 1.29 euros per litre. I've heard that it's much cheaper in Greece. Does anyone have any idea of comparitive prioces in Symi for example?

The question is, do we fill now at Turkish prices or chance waiting until next May and filling in Symi or Kos? Of course a lot could happen to the price of diesel in 6 months.
 
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usually the price of diesel in greece is cheaper than in turkey! i would preffer to bunker in greece if i have an option !
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vyv_cox said:
We have been paying around 1.05 Euro per litre in Greece all season, throughout the northern Aegean from mini-tankers on quaysides. In mainland filling stations we saw it as low as 0.94.
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How do you check for water/**** etc in the deisel? Bob on Birdvik I believe had some major problems this year. Do you filter the lot, fill containers and then decant into the tank, or just hope for the best - or is it really not a problem?
 
General rule of thumb, if filling in Turkey, is to do it from marinas where there is a lot of traffic. If you do want to filter your fuel then use a baja filter. West Marine's is rated as a good one. I recently responding to a query on the CA MedNet on this subject, here's what I wrote, which includes some useful links:

The West Marine filter was recently voted the best fuel filter of its kind in one well known sailing publication and it is relatively inexpensive. You can find it on the West Marine website. Here's a direct link, possibly the longest link ever in the history of the internet ;)

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wc...RL=true&storeNum=6&subdeptNum=68&classNum=219

Phone the purchasing manager, Bulent Yazici, in Istanbul on 0216 517 32 42/115. Give him the part number from the American section of the West Marine website...etc etc
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Hope this is of some help.
 
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Thanks for that, I have already got a Filter funnel by Racor, but they are quite slow when filling up!

We will be in Greece initially making our way east, over the years.
 
Chris_Robb said:
How do you check for water/**** etc in the deisel? Bob on Birdvik I believe had some major problems this year. Do you filter the lot, fill containers and then decant into the tank, or just hope for the best - or is it really not a problem?
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In the vast majority of cases in Greece it isn't an issue. In most ports and harbours the diesel is supplied from mini-tankers, small fuel trucks with a capacity of maybe 1000 litres. In most cases that I have seen throughout the Ionian and north Aegean these tankers belong to the local filling station. On Samothraki this year I cycled to the filling station to order fuel and watched the driver of the truck fill up from the pump! This means that the supply comes in my road and turnover is rapid. The filling stations themselves are supplied by road tankers that arrive on the islands on dedicated ships, which in turn are supplied from major distribution points or the refineries. So opportunities for contamination are very minor.

I'm not sure about all marinas, but Levkas and Kalamata are supplied from road tankers.
 
If it's any help I loaded 500 litres from a small road tanker at Navplion (Mainland Peloponnisos) last week for €447.50 inc IVA = €89.50 per litre. I was quoted €1.04 on Aegina per litre a few weeks ago.

So getting fuel in Greece seems to be a lot cheaper than Turkey and a great difference between mainland and the islands .......!

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Greece vs Turkey

I think general consensus is that fuel is cheaper in Greece. However, OP's original question contained a time element - what will happen to fuel prices between now and next spring?
Better to buy now,(even in Turkey, with horrendous Turkish fuel duty) when the barrel price is just starting to take off, or gamble on barrel price next year?
 
I always try to leave my boat with its tanks full, and would not want to leave them near empty for several winter months. I do not know how big the risk is, but I was told when I first bought the boat that leaving it with a lot of air in the tanks was risking condensation putting water into the fuel, and increasing the risk of bacterial problems.
 
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