PetroChina Intl tops Singapore's list of 2021 marine fuel suppliers

Singapore

PETROCHINA International Singapore climbed three spots to become the top marine fuel supplier in the world's biggest ship refuelling hub in 2021, a year when the overall number of licensed suppliers fell by 4 to 41, official data showed on Monday (Jan 17).

Shell Singapore's bunkering unit, Shell Eastern Trading, fell from the top ranking in 2020 to third, behind Singapore's Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services in second place, unchanged from 2020, the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore data showed.

Vitol Bunkers, previously Sinanju Marine Services, climbed six spots to rank fourth in 2021, followed by Trafigura's TFG Marine in fifth, up 11 spots from 2020, the data showed. Mercuria's Minerva Bunkering ranked 13th in 2021, up from 22nd in the year before.

The biggest leaps up MPA's rankings in 2021 were Hong Lam Fuels, up 14 places to 10th, and Sirius Marine, which was up by 12 spots to 29th.

Pegasus Maritime made the largest drop in rankings, falling 12 spots to 39th in 2021, followed by Palmstone Tankers & Trading, which dropped 10 places to 30th.

The fall in number of licensed bunker supplying companies to 41 in 2021, from 45 in the year before, came courtesy of Ocean Bunkering Services and Hin Leong Marine International falling off the MPA's list of suppliers. Both are units of defunct oil trader Hin Leong. Pacific Bunkering Services and A Dot Marine were also dropped from the 2021 list. REUTERS