Thu 20 Jan 2011, 13:48 GMT

BP remains top supplier in Singapore


Top 20 bunker suppliers at the world's leading port are revealed.



BP Singapore Pte Ltd. has been named the port of Singapore's leading bunker supplier by volume in 2010, according to data released by the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA).

In a list of the 20 top bunker suppliers at the world's largest bunker port last year, BP Singapore retained the position of leading supplier for the eighth year in a row.

The leading three supply companies from 2009 continued to be the three top bunker firms last year with ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. and SK Energy International Pte. Ltd. remaining the second and third largest suppliers in the city-state.

Companies to rise up the list were Aegean Bunkering (S) Pte. Ltd. and Chemoil International Pte. Ltd. - both improving their positions in the Top 10 compared to the previous year.

Both Singapore Petroleum Company Ltd. and Searights Maritime Services Pte. Ltd. also improved on their positions last year to enter the Top 10 list.

O.W. Bunker Far East (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. rose up the list five places to enter the Top 15 for the first time.

Companies to enter/re-enter the Top 20 were Hai Yin Marine Ptd Ltd., Gas Trade (S) Ptd Ltd. and Singamas Petroleum Trading Pte Ltd. Gas Trade (S) Ptd Ltd. was the 20th largest supplier in 2008 but had dropped out of the Top 20 list in 2009.

Meanwhile, Ocean Bunkering Services (Pte.) Ltd., Chevron Singapore Pte. Ltd. and Glencore Singapore Pte. Ltd. failed to make last year's list.

Bunker sales in Singapore reached a new record of 40.9 million tonnes in 2010. The figure surpassed the previous year's record of 36.4 million tonnes by 12.3 percent.

Please find below the list of Singapore's top 20 bunker suppliers last year and a comparison with the previous year's results in brackets.

1 (--) BP Singapore Pte. Ltd.
2 (--) ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
3 (--) SK Energy International Pte. Ltd.
4 (+3) Aegean Bunkering (S) Pte. Ltd.
5 (-1) Global Energy Trading Pte. Ltd.
6 (+3) Chemoil International Pte. Ltd.
7 (-1) Sentek Marine & Trading Pte. Ltd.
8 (-3) Shell Eastern Trading Pte Ltd.
9 (+3) Singapore Petroleum Company Ltd.
10 (+1) Searights Maritime Services Pte. Ltd.
11 (-3) Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services Pte. Ltd.
12 (+2) Transocean Oil Pte. Ltd.
13 (-3) Northwest Resources Pte. Ltd.
14 (+5) O.W. Bunker Far East (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
15 (NE) Hai Yin Marine Ptd Ltd.
16 (-3) Seven Seas Oil Trading Pte. Ltd.
17 (+1) Toyota Tsusho Petroleum (S) Pte. Ltd.
18 (-1) Alliance Oil Trading Pte. Ltd.
19 (NE) Singamas Petroleum Trading Pte Ltd.
20 (RE) Gas Trade (S) Ptd Ltd.

(--) = same
(+) = up
(-) = down
(NE) = new entry
(RE) = re-entry

Please find below a list of the Top 20 bunker suppliers in Singapore in 2009.

1 (--) BP Singapore Pte. Ltd.
2 (--) ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
3 (+2) SK Energy International Pte. Ltd.
4 (-1) Global Energy Trading Pte. Ltd.
5 (-1) Shell Eastern Trading Pte Ltd.
6 (+2) Sentek Marine & Trading Pte. Ltd.
7 (+3) Aegean Bunkering (S) Pte. Ltd.
8 (-2) Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services Pte. Ltd
9 (+10) Chemoil International Pte. Ltd.
10 (-3) Northwest Resources Pte. Ltd.
11 (-2) Searights Maritime Services Pte. Ltd.
12 (-1) Singapore Petroleum Company Ltd.
13 (NE) Seven Seas Oil Trading Pte. Ltd.
14 (NE) Transocean Oil Pte. Ltd.
15 (NE) Glencore Singapore Pte. Ltd.
16 (-4) Chevron Singapore Pte. Ltd.
17 (-4) Alliance Oil Trading Pte. Ltd.
18 (NE) Toyota Tsusho Petroleum (S) Pte. Ltd.
19 (-2) O.W. Bunker Far East (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
20 (-4) Ocean Bunkering Services (Pte.) Ltd.

Below is a list of the Top 20 bunker suppliers in Singapore in 2008.

1 BP Singapore Pte Ltd.
2 ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
3 Global Energy Trading Pte. Ltd.
4 Shell International Eastern Trading Co.
5 SK Energy International Pte. Ltd
6 Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services Pte. Ltd.
7 Northwest Resources Pte. Ltd.
8 Sentek Marine & Trading Pte. Ltd.
9 Searights Maritime Services Pte. Ltd.
10 Aegean Bunkering (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
11 Singapore Petroleum Company Ltd.
12 Chevron Singapore Pte. Ltd.
13 Alliance Oil Trading Pte. Ltd.
14 Consort Bunkers Pte. Ltd.
15 Titan Bunkering Pte. Ltd.
16 Ocean Bunkering Services (Pte.) Ltd.
17 O.W. Bunker Far East (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18 Bunker House Petroleum Pte. Ltd.
19 Chemoil International Pte. Ltd.
20 Gas Trade (S) Pte. Ltd.


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