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The Bunker Index 380 CST (BIX 380) - the worldwide daily 380 centistoke (cSt) average quoted in US$ per metric tonne - fell to its lowest end-of-week level of the year so far between August 21 and August 28, according to Bunker Index price data.

The global 380 cSt bunker price was lower by $6.42, or 2.2 percent, at $280.27 per tonne on August 28 compared with $286.69 per tonne on August 21. It is only the second end-of-week price below $300 per tonne this year and represents the eleventh decline in a row and the fourteenth in the last fifteen weeks.

Please find a summary of end-of-week BIX 380 prices below (in US$ per tonne) since the start of the year.

Bunker Index 380 CST (BIX 380):

28/08 (Week 35) - 280.27 (-6.42, -2.2%)
21/08 (Week 34) - 286.69 (-24.40, -7.8%)
14/08 (Week 33) - 311.09 (-0.20, -0.06%)
07/08 (Week 32) - 311.29 (-18.14, -5.5%)
31/07 (Week 31) - 329.43 (-10.42, -3.1%)
24/07 (Week 30) - 339.85 (-14.48, -4.1%)
17/07 (Week 29) - 354.33 (-7.20, -2.0%)
10/07 (Week 28) - 361.53 (-19.41, -5.1%)
03/07 (Week 27) - 380.94 (-4.35, -1.1%)
26/06 (Week 26) - 385.29 (-8.12, -2.1%)
19/06 (Week 25) - 393.41 (-0.94, -0.2%)
12/06 (Week 24) - 394.35 (+2.16, +0.6%)
05/06 (Week 23) - 392.19 (-3.92, -1.0%)
29/05 (Week 22) - 396.11 (-6.43, -1.6%)
22/05 (Week 21) - 402.54 (-0.01, -0.002%)
15/05 (Week 20) - 402.55 (+1.98, +0.5%)
08/05 (Week 19) - 400.57 (+12.16, +3.1%)
01/05 (Week 18) - 388.41 (+7.11, +1.9%)
24/04 (Week 17) - 381.30 (+6.61, +1.8%)
17/04 (Week 16) - 374.69 (+17.86, +5.0%)
10/04 (Week 15) - 356.83 (+2.36, +0.7%)
03/04 (Week 14) - 354.47 (-7.13, -2.0%)
27/03 (Week 13) - 361.60 (+11.10, +3.2%)
20/03 (Week 12) - 350.50 (-12.01, -3.3%)
13/03 (Week 11) - 362.51 (-10.67, -2.9%)
06/03 (Week 10) - 373.18 (-3.94, -1.0%)
27/02 (Week 9) - 377.12 (-0.14, -0.04%)
20/02 (Week 8) - 377.26 (+12.32, +3.4%)
13/02 (Week 7) - 364.94 (+17.14, +4.9%)
06/02 (Week 6) - 347.80 (+41.38, +13.5%)
30/01 (Week 5) - 306.42 (-1.74, -0.6%)
23/01 (Week 4) - 308.16 (-4,94, -1.6%)
16/01 (Week 3) - 313.10 (-16.24, -4.9)
09/01 (Week 2) - 329.34 (-27.83, -7.8%)
02/01 (Week 1) - 357.17

To access the full Bunker Index 380 (BIX 380) archive, please click on the following link below.

http://www.bunkerindex.com/prices/bixfree.php?priceindex_id=2