A321 captain reported a ground conflict with a fuel truck while taxiing into the gate.

Attributes
ACN	1555378
Time
Date	201806
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Vehicle

Narrative:

We were taxiing into [the] gate on taxiway J. We were instructed to hold at spot X. Ramp control handed off controllers and the new controller did not know our instructions. He claimed over the radio 'I'm not sure why [airline] is there.' I responded with 'sir; we were instructed to hold at spot X.' ramp control responded with 'how am I supposed to know that; I just got here.' we were then instructed to taxi in. I turned my taxi light on and proceeded to turn inward toward the ramp. A fuel truck; kept approaching the aircraft. I turn on my landing lights and runway turnoff lights in hopes that it would get their attention. The fuel truck continue to drive toward the aircraft. I slammed on the brakes and the aircraft violently stopped. At that point I would not be able to continue without hitting the fuel truck. I turned off the lights and motioned for them to continue. I continued to the gate once they were clear.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 Captain reported a ground conflict with a fuel truck while taxiing into the gate.

Narrative: We were taxiing into [the] gate on taxiway J. We were instructed to hold at spot X. Ramp Control handed off controllers and the new controller did not know our instructions. He claimed over the radio 'I'm not sure why [airline] is there.' I responded with 'Sir; we were instructed to hold at spot X.' Ramp Control responded with 'How am I supposed to know that; I just got here.' We were then instructed to taxi in. I turned my taxi light on and proceeded to turn inward toward the ramp. A fuel truck; kept approaching the aircraft. I turn on my landing lights and runway turnoff lights in hopes that it would get their attention. The fuel truck continue to drive toward the aircraft. I slammed on the brakes and the aircraft violently stopped. At that point I would not be able to continue without hitting the fuel truck. I turned off the lights and motioned for them to continue. I continued to the gate once they were clear.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.