Gas Prices At The Dock

[pulltaug]

Is it a conspiracy?
Last month - Gas prices inland were about $3.79 or so. At the dock - it was $3.99 (fair enough)

Now gas prices have dropped to about $3.34, oil prices are well off their highs....yet prices at the docks $3.99. What gives?

Why haven't these prices come down?
And if you tell me it's because it's by the water and there are regs they have to follow and deliveries are in between bla bla bla...then prices a month a go should've been HIGHER.

I want to know why prices at teh docks have not dropped with regular market prices....

[1captainron]

Very simple....most facilities are privately owned, the Harbor in Atl. Highlands is municipal, these are all businesses and that's how they make their money.

Do you think for a minute they are upset that we are all pissed at the price of gas or fuel?
WE pay or we don't Play.:mad:

[Sidewinder]

I am not a fan of this type of dealings, but they probably don't have the turnover volume and are probably still on the last tank they filled at the premium pricing.

I would give it a few weeks and if it doesn't drop by .50, I would invest in gas containers and fill up at the local gas station and fill your boat that way, unless you hold hundreds of gallons and in that case you are screwed.

[tjd24]

Guys,
Be sure to check the ethanol % on the fuel before you use it in your boat.

[reelobsession]

If the marina bought fuel a month ago, they are charging you the price they bought the fuel at. Much less turnover than your regular gas station who is getting a delivery every couple of days and buying fuel at a different market price. Not to mention the markup for being on the dock.

[TomKat]

$4.15 at Monmouth Cove (Port Monmouth).Was $4.17.Only $.02 drop after recent gas delivery.Why?

[flyersnfluke]

In response to tjd. The addition of ethanol to fuels is wreaking havoc with engines. If you're experiencing decreased power in your engines it's likely because of a varnish buildup throughout the engines (on the injectors, and ALL of the screens/filters throughout your engines). It seems to me that the increased use of ethanol in fuel is increasing the rate at which gas varnish is building up.

[mfeen123]

They do it because they can.. it come s down to competition..land based stations have competition from other stations near by...where as marina stations do not.. if there were two stations at each marina owned by seperate parties, i would bet ypu would see prices lower than they are now..although that would never happen..marina owners hold sort of a monopoly over that market and without competition why not charge more seems like smart business in my eyes..although i agree prices should be lowered,if i was in their shoes id be doing the same thing

[captmark]

If the marina bought fuel a month ago, they are charging you the price they bought the fuel at. Much less turnover than your regular gas station who is getting a delivery every couple of days and buying fuel at a different market price. Not to mention the markup for being on the dock.
Guys this is the reason of the difference in prices, this time of year they get a delivery in early May and they are lucky to sell it by mid June. What they buy it at they need to sell it at. They dont want to rip you off they want your business

[jakesdad]

Today's price at the gas dock in Belmar $3.89, last week $4.03, Diesel today $3.59. Price on Rt. 35 today $3.34.

[Gerry Zagorski]

As mentioned above, I think it's mostly about when they took their last delivery of fuel and what price they paid for it. That and what everyone else is selling their fuel for in their area.

The thing I really have an issue with is why we all have to pay the road tax that is baked into the price of the fuel we purchase for use on the water.

Here is a Boat US article on this subject http://www.boatus.com/news/gastax.htm

It seems we in NJ (the poster child for some of the highest taxes in the country) can not file to get those taxes back but in states like Delaware you can.... Now supposedly the tax money collected for fuel bought on the water is put back into supporting the boating community like pump out stations, marina improvements, regulation enforcement and the like, but not sure we are seeing the benefits. Point in case we have a documented shoaling problem at the Leonardo State marina entrance. At low tide we have maybe 18 inches of water. Been this way going on 3 years now.... We talk to the state and the Feds (Army Corp of Engineers) and nothing gets done. With all the monies collected, it should not be a funding issue, right?

I for one would like to see where all that money goes and think we have a right to know.