Mon 19 Jan 2015, 08:48 GMT

Singapore bunker sales fall for third consecutive year


Bunker sales in 2014 declined by 265,400 tonnes, or 0.6 percent, compared to the previous year.



Bunker sales fell in Singapore for the third consecutive year during 2014, according to data released by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Accumulated bunker sales for the year were 42,416,800 tonnes, which represents a decrease of 265,400 tonnes, or 0.6 percent, compared to 2013 (42,682,200 tonnes).

The figure was also below the volumes sold in 2012 (42,685,300 tonnes) and 2011 (43,153,800 tonnes), but above the 40,873,400 tonnes sold in 2010.

Sales of 380 centistoke (cSt) - Singapore's largest-selling bunker grade - declined by 249,000 tonnes, or 0.8 percent, from 32,070,100 tonnes to 31,821,100 tonnes. It is the third annual sales drop in a row.

500 cSt volumes rose for the fifth consecutive year in 2014 to 8,096,700 tonnes. The figure was 435,300 tonnes, or 5.7 percent, higher than the 7,661,400 tonnes sold in 2013.

Volumes of 180 cSt were down for the fourth year in a row in 2014 with sales of 747,800 tonnes - down 202,500 tonnes, or 21.3 percent, on the 950,300 tonnes recorded the previous year.

Standard marine gas oil (MGO) sales also decreased in 2014 as Asia's leading bunker port recorded sales of 1,022,300 tonnes, representing a fall of 160,500 tonnes, or 13.6 percent, compared to 2013.

Below are tables of bunker sales in Singapore for each fuel grade in 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 with accumulated totals in the bottom row.

2014 Total 500cst 380cst 180cst MGO
Jan 3,557.8 635.7 2,754.8 42.9 70.4
Feb 3,277.4 524.1 2,522.0 73.8 91.7
Mar 3,184.9 574.1 2,402.7 57.8 88.3
Apr 3,812.9 747.9 2,814.2 79.9 98.7
May 3,637.6 718.2 2,701.9 64.4 90.0
Jun 3,373.8 668.7 2,479.8 78.7 80.3
Jul 3,662.6 737.8 2,718.2 57.7 86.3
Aug 3,668.8 728.1 2,736.7 58.0 82.8
Sep 3,521.5 677.6 2,648.8 57.6 89.9
Oct 3,593.6 694.6 2,696.8 55.1 94.1
Nov 3,548.4 709.6 2,660.6 58.7 64.0
Dec 3,577.5 680.3 2,684.6 63.2 85.8
Total 42,416.8 8,096.7 31,821.1 747.8 1,022.3


2013 Total 500cst 380cst 180cst MGO
Jan 3,787.6 581.8 2,929.3 99.7 119.3
Feb 3,076.4 492.0 2,365.7 69.9 84.5
Mar 3,362.7 580.8 2,512.7 78.8 104.8
Apr 3,647.9 633.2 2,713.7 94.2 113.9
May 3,529.0 644.3 2,633.2 89.5 93.7
Jun 3,478.2 641.6 2,588.7 81.1 95.0
Jul 3,740.8 714.6 2,773.0 81.7 107.3
Aug 3,488.1 693.0 2,570.9 69.7 96.7
Sep 3,610.5 684.9 2,673.5 77.5 104.1
Oct 3,780.6 688.8 2,866.6 71.4 91.6
Nov 3,373.1 652.2 2,525.0 67.4 74.5
Dec 3,802.4 654.2 2,917.8 69.4 97.4
Total 42,682.2 7,661.4 32,070.1 950.3 1182.8


2012 Total 500cst 380cst 180cst MGO
Jan 3,668.5 406.3 3,019.0 115.3 113.3
Feb 3,092.7 407.2 2,436.9 112.3 128.7
Mar 3,608.8 486.9 2,885,4 106.1 126.4
Apr 3,735.4 515.3 2,982.6 103.5 129.9
May 3,985.7 591.5 3,144.6 117.50 128.4
Jun 3,646.9 553.6 2,883.3 85.6 123.4
Jul 3,665.2 503.5 2,924.4 110.0 114.7
Aug 3,556.0 568.1 2,756.7 107.9 120.1
Sep 3,326.4 535.9 2,570.1 87.7 118.1
Oct 3,508.4 549.1 2,747.0 92.7 114.2
Nov 3,275.6 566.7 2,491.9 92.3 118.6
Dec 3,625.7 541.4 2,843.6 116.1 118.3
Total 42,685.3 6,225.5 33,685.5 1,247.0 1,454.1


2011 Total 500cst 380cst 180cst MGO
Jan 3,642.4 480.3 2,841.2 171.0 134.0
Feb 3,268.8 438.7 2,544.2 151.8 111.7
Mar 3,520.7 472.9 2,747.8 146.5 134.9
Apr 3,248.5 425.4 2,541.5 132.2 118.9
May 3,621.9 475.7 2,873.7 130.6 123.2
Jun 3,859.2 515.2 3,031.9 141.1 143.4
Jul 3,642.9 476.6 2,883.7 135.2 127.8
Aug 3,815.3 470.2 3,050.4 133.6 149.3
Sep 3,568.4 468.1 2,836.8 132.0 125.6
Oct 3,546.2 385.3 2,867.1 131.9 145.1
Nov 3,615.4 537.6 2,800.7 124.2 126.8
Dec 3,804.1 431.8 3,103.1 110.9 128.9
Total 43,153.6 5,577.7 34,122.1 1,641.0 1,569.6


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