Sales of marine fuel at the port of Singapore in January 2019 was down 8.8% on year, show Maritime and Port of Singapore (MPA) data.
A total 4.2 million metric tonnes (mt) (exact: 4,199,400 mt) of bunkers were sold at the port in January this year, compared to 4.6 million mt (exact: 4,605,600 mt) in January 2018.
Deliveries of 500 centistokes (cSt), 380 cSt and 180 cSt grade in January 2019 (versus on year), was respectively 795,500 mt (+23.2% from 980,000 mt), 2.97 million mt (-11.9% from 3.37 million mt), and 27,000 mt (-8.2% from 29,400 mt).
Low sulphur 500 cSt, 380 cSt and 180 cSt grades registered sales of zero mt (0% change from zero mt), 3,600 mt (+63.6% from 2,200 mt), and 29,000 mt (+19.8% from 24,200 mt).
Low sulphur marine gas oil (LS MGO) sales were recorded at 229,500 mt (+99.4% from 115,100 mt) and MGO at 79,100 mt (16.0% from 68,200 mt).
A monthly record of Singapore’s bunker sales volume in 2018 can be found here.
Published: 14 February, 2019
Vacuum Residue Desulphurisation unit of the refinery underwent final commissioning on 14 March and ‘started commercial production in earnest,’ states the firm.
Bond’s proceeds will be used solely for the purpose of funding environment-friendly projects.
Vigilance on updates recommended as more states enforce similar stringent requirements in their port waters.
Acquisition broadens service offering, customers base and increases storage capacity to 150,000 barrels.
In Panama, VLSFO sales have increased four months in a row to 314,731t as of October, according to the latest data- a 38pc increase from sales in June 2020, it said.
Total bunker sales were 528,572 mt in August 2019, compared to sales of 348,664 mt during August 2018.
The top three positive movers in the 2020 bunker supplier list are Hong Lam Fuels Pte Ltd (+13); Chevron Singapore Pte Ltd (+12); and SK Energy International (+8), according to MPA list.
‘We will operate in the Singapore bunkering market from the Tokyo, with support from local staff at Sumitomo Corporation Singapore,’ source tells Manifold Times.
Changes include abolishing advance declaration of bunkers as dangerous cargo, reducing pilotage fees on vessels receiving bunkers, and a ‘whitelist’ system for bunker tankers.
Claim relates to deliveries of MGO to the vessels Pacific Diligence, Pacific Valkyrie, Pacific Defiance, Crest Alpha 1, and Pacific Warlock between March 2020 to April 2020.
3,490 mt of LSFO from Itochu Enex was lifted at Universal Terminal; the same bunker stem was bought by Global Marine Logistics and delivered by bunker tanker Juma to receiving vessel Kirana Nawa.
Representatives of Veritas Petroleum Services, Maersk, INTERTANKO, ElbOil Singapore, and SDE International provide insight from their respective fields of expertise on what lies ahead.
