Question 1

What is the Supply Pressure Index?

Accepted Answer

The Supply Pressure Index is a composite score from 0 to 100 that combines retail price velocity, import trends, fuel security days of cover, port congestion proxies, and wholesale indicators to summarise whether upstream supply conditions may push pump prices higher or lower.

Question 2

Does this track live fuel tankers?

Accepted Answer

No. Our Import Arrival Monitor uses scheduled arrivals from public port notices and trade statistics. It does not use live AIS vessel tracking.

Question 3

How often is fuel intelligence updated?

Accepted Answer

Retail-linked components refresh hourly when live price data is available. Government import and security data follows official release schedules — typically monthly or quarterly.

Question 4

How does this relate to petrol prices near me?

Accepted Answer

Supply conditions explain why wholesale costs move. Your local pump price also depends on the weekly price cycle, brand competition, and suburb-level spreads — which you can compare on our suburb and station pages.

Question 5

Where does the data come from?

Accepted Answer

Primary sources include DCCEEW Australian Petroleum Statistics, DCCEEW Liquid Fuel Security reporting, Victoria FairFuel Open Data, Australian port authority notices, and Reserve Bank of Australia exchange rate data.

Vessel	Product	Destination	ETA	Status
Pacific Navigator	Motor spirit (ULP)	Port of Melbourne	12 Mar 2026, 7:00 pm	Underway
Southern Cross	Automotive diesel	Port Botany	12 Mar 2026, 1:00 am	Delayed
Aurora Spirit	Motor spirit (ULP)	Port of Brisbane	13 Mar 2026, 5:00 pm	Scheduled

Australian Fuel Intelligence Hub

What this means

Port watch

Port of Melbourne

Port Botany (NSW)

Port of Brisbane

Fremantle Ports

Latest scheduled import arrivals

Latest report

Prices in affected areas