Singapore's trailing three-month (T3M) bunker sales remained below 14 million tonnes for a fourth consecutive month in July 2026, according to data published by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), even as monthly volumes edged higher from June.

T3M sales — covering May, June and July 2026 — stood at 13.95m tonnes, rising from 13.57m tonnes recorded in the T3M period ending June 2026; but the figure was down 440,000 tonnes, or 3%, compared with the equivalent three-month period a year earlier, when T3M volumes reached 14.39m tonnes. The sustained sub-14m-tonne T3M reading underlines a softening in demand at the world's largest bunkering hub.

Monthly figures

Total bunker sales at Singapore in July 2026 came in at 4.73m tonnes, according to preliminary MPA estimates, representing a decline of 186,000 tonnes, or 3.8%, compared with 4.92m tonnes recorded in July 2025. Month on month (MoM), however, volumes edged up 62,800 tonnes from 4.67m tonnes.

Year-to-date volumes for the first seven months of 2026 reached 32.97m tonnes, up 1.07m tonnes, or 3.4%, compared with the 31.90m tonnes recorded over the same period in 2025.

Breakdown by fuel type

The port's dominant fuel type by volume, low sulphur fuel oil (LSFO), recorded sales in July of 2.33m — down 45,000 tonnes, or 1.9%, from 2.37m tonnes in July 2025. MoM, however, LSFO volumes rose 130,000 tonnes from 2.20m tonnes in June 2026.

Marine fuel oil (MFO) was the second-largest category, with sales of 1.95m tonnes — broadly flat YoY compared with 1.95m tonnes in July 2025, and down 89,000 tonnes MoM from 2.03m tonnes.

Low sulphur marine gas oil (LSMGO) recorded sales of 358,900 tonnes — a decrease of 57,100 tonnes, or 13.7%, from 416,000 tonnes in July 2025. MoM, LSMGO volumes were up marginally, rising 15,700 tonnes from 343,200 tonnes in June 2026.

LNG posted July sales of 58,700 tonnes, up 17,200 tonnes, or 41.4%, from 41,500 tonnes — the most notable YoY percentage change among the major fuel categories. MoM, LNG volumes increased by 3,700 tonnes from 55,000 tonnes.

Bio-blended LSFO sales fell sharply YoY, coming in at 29,900 tonnes — a decline of 50,600 tonnes, or 62.9%, from 80,500 tonnes during the prior-year period. Bio-blended MFO also saw a steep YoY decline, dropping 42,100 tonnes, or 83.7%, from 50,300 tonnes in July 2025 to 8,200 tonnes in July 2026.

ULSFO volumes of 1,600 tonnes were recorded last month, while B100 sales stood at 1,400 tonnes, compared with 2,600 tonnes a year earlier. No methanol or ammonia sales were recorded in July 2026. Methanol had registered modest volumes in February at 6,000 tonnes — the highest monthly figure in the port's history so far — but has since returned to zero.