Sales of marine fuels at Singapore port decreased by 10.4 % on year during January 2022, according to Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) data.
In total, 4.03 million metric tonnes (mt) (exact 4,033,400 mt) of various bunker grades were sold at the world’s largest bunkering port in January, lower than 4.50 million mt (4,503,000 mt) recorded during January 2021.
Deliveries of 500 centistokes (cSt), 380 cSt and 180 cSt grades in January (against on year) were respectively 85,600 mt (+107.8% from 41,200 mt), 1,036,700 mt (-1.1% from 1,048,700 mt), and 1,000 mt (-97.5% from 40,300 mt).
Low sulphur variants of 500 cSt, 380 cSt and 180 cSt products in January (against on year) posted respectively no sales, 2.01 million mt (-17.6% from 2.44 million), 93,000 mt (-42.7% from 162,200 mt).
Low sulphur 100 cSt recorded sales of 460,100 mt (+18.2% from 389,300 mt) and ULSFO had no sales in January.
Low Sulphur marine gas oil (LS MGO) sales were posted at 336,100 mt (marginally down from 336,000 mt) and MGO at 13,800 mt (-68.1% from 43,200 mt).
A complete series of articles on Singapore bunker volumes by Manifold Times in 2021 can be found below:
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Photo credit: Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
Published: 15 February, 2022
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