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Bunker sales in Singapore rose by 4.7 percent in August compared to the previous month, according to data released by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Total sales at the world's leading bunker port increased by 172,400 tonnes to 3,815,300 tonnes last month, up from the 3,642,900 tonnes achieved in July.

In a comparison with the corresponding month last year the figure was 440,300 tonnes, or 13.0 percent, higher, and therefore the best sales result for August in the port's history as well as the second-highest month after June 2011.

Sales of 380-centistoke (cst) - Singapore's largest-selling bunker grade - reached a new record of 3,050,400 tonnes, beating the previous best of 3,031,900 tonnes achieved in June 2011. The result was 504,700 tonnes, or 19.8 percent, above the 2,545,700 tonnes sold in August 2010.

Below are tables of bunker sales in Singapore for each fuel grade in 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008 respectively with accumulated totals in the bottom row.

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
Total	28,619.7	3,755.0	22,514.4	1,142.0	1,043.2

2010	Total	500cst	380cst	180cst	MGO
Jan	3,212.5	352.1	2,520.4	195.3	132.1
Feb	3,022.4	333.8	2,330.4	204.3	137.0
Mar	3,329.1	395.4	2,557.0	212.8	140.8
Apr	3,442.6	505.4	2,541.5	209.2	144.5
May	3,470.4	474.6	2,634.0	198.7	137.0
Jun	3,543.8	477.6	2,694.5	206.3	134.7
Jul	3,563.8	474.8	2,735.6	201.9	129.6
Aug	3,375.0	491.2	2,545.7	182.0	131.2
Sep	3,553.7	432.9	2,792.0	177.4	124.9
Oct	3,556.1	430.9	2,815.6	165.9	130.8
Nov	3,311.0	331.8	2,646.4	176.5	138.3
Dec	3,493.0	587.0	2,639.0	141.6	115.6
Total	40,873.4	5,287.5	31,452.1	2,271.9	1,596.5

2009	Total	500cst	380cst	180cst	MGO
Jan	3,019.7	325.8	2,331.1	181.5	132.3
Feb	2,670.0	213.9	2,123.9	186.7	126.8
Mar	3,129.7	250.5	2,465.5	215.8	147.2
Apr	2,884.8	276.4	2,276.4	161.0	126.7
May	3,227.2	302.2	2,527.7	197.2	143.4
Jun	2,960.7	320.7	2,266.8	201.1	132.6
Jul	3,072.6	290.5	2,421.8	191.2	132.5
Aug	3,063.1	316.6	2,382.0	178.2	134.7
Sep	3,172.4	336.1	2,482.8	176.7	126.5
Oct	3,122.3	343.9	2,462.8	147.9	136.8
Nov	2,882.8	339.4	2,224.6	171.8	114.3
Dec	3,181.3	373.7	2,460.1	196.7	129.5
Total	36,386.7	3,689.7	28,425.5	2,205.8	1,583.3

2008	Total	500cst	380cst	180cst	MGO
Jan	2,802.2	351.6	2,048.8	239.6	127.0
Feb	2,734.0	296.5	2,014.4	263.8	127.2
Mar	3,045.3	361.4	2,275.7	235.4	137.0
Apr	3,047.0	355.5	2,286.6	246.6	125.3
May	2,919.0	391.3	2,157.2	207.3	116.2
Jun	2,810.4	354.8	2,075.2	235.1	108.4
Jul	3,030.9	364.5	2,277.4	210.7	129.7
Aug	3,151.7	376.4	2,372.5	238.7	134.2
Sep	2,856.2	409.2	2,085.6	204.7	134.3
Oct	2,925.5	392.5	2,174.1	203.0	135.7
Nov	2,879.9	417.1	2,116.4	202.7	122.6
Dec	2,734.3	312.8	2,058.0	208.4	140.1
Total	34,936.4	4,383.6	25,941.9	2,696.0	1,537.7