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Tue 13 Mar 2012, 07:13 GMT

Singapore: Lowest bunker sales since Feb 2010


Bunker sales in Singapore decline by 15.7 percent to their lowest level in 24 months.

Bunker sales in Singapore declined for the second successive month to their lowest level in two years, according to data released by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Total sales at the world's leading bunker port decreased in February by 575,800 tonnes, or 15.7 percent, to 3,092,700 tonnes, down from 3,668,500 tonnes the previous month. In comparison with the corresponding month last year the figure was 176,100 tonnes, or 5.4 percent, lower.

In contrast to previous years, the accumulated total for the year so far is lower than in 2011 at 6,761,200 tonnes, compared to 6,911,200 in February 2011, representing a year-on-year decrease of 150,000 tonnes, or 2.2 percent.

Last month's sales figure is the lowest since February 2010, when 3,002,400 tonnes were sold.

Sales of 380-centistoke (cst) - Singapore's largest-selling bunker grade - also declined to their lowest level in 24 months to 2,436,900 tonnes. In comparison with the previous month's figure of 3,019,000 tonnes, February's volume total was 582,100 tonnes, or 19.3 percent, lower. The result was also 107,300 tonnes, or 4.2 percent, below the 2,544,200 tonnes recorded in February 2011.

Below are tables of bunker sales in Singapore for each fuel grade in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008 respectively with accumulated totals in the bottom row.

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
Total 6,761.2 813.5 5,455.9 227.6 242.0


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


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

MGO   Singapore  Singapore (SG) 
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