Marine fuels sales at Singapore port fell 12.1% on year during April 2022, according to Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) data.
In total, 3.74 million metric tonnes (mt) (exact 3,742,300 mt) of various bunker grades were sold at the world’s largest bunkering port in April, lower than 4.26 million mt (4,256,500 mt) recorded during April 2021.
Deliveries of 500 centistokes (cSt), 380 cSt and 180 cSt grades in April (against on year) were respectively 27,200 mt (-15.7% from 32,300 mt), 914,500 mt (-13.6% from 1,058,000 mt), and zero (versus zero).
Low sulphur variants of 500 cSt, 380 cSt and 180 cSt products in April (against on year) recorded respectively no sales, 1.83 million mt (-14.4% from 2.14 million), 111,600 mt (-37.9% from 179,600 mt).
Low sulphur 100 cSt recorded sales of 533,000 mt (+8.1% from 493,200 mt) and ULSFO had no sales in April.
Low Sulphur marine gas oil (LS MGO) sales were posted at 278,600 mt (-6.5% from 298,000 mt) and MGO at 7,900 mt (-76.1% from 33,000 mt).
Earlier Singapore bunker volumes in 2022 can be found below:
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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: 13 May, 2022
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‘MPA had immediately contacted the relevant bunker suppliers to take necessary steps to ensure that the relevant batch of fuel was no longer supplied. Further investigations are currently on-going,’ it informs.
