Singapore biofuel bunkering slows as methanol makes a comeback

Singapore sold about 2,100 mt/day of bio‑bunkers in November, slightly up from 2,000 mt/day in October.

Changes in Singapore alternative fuel sales between October and November:

• Bio‑VLSFO sales down from 50,000 mt to 46,000 mt
• Bio‑HSFO unchanged at 11,000 mt
• Bio‑LSMGO sales up from zero to 450 mt
• B100 sales up from 1,800 mt to 4,800 mt
• LNG sales down from 61,000 mt to 55,000 mt
• Methanol sales up from zero to 3,000 mt

Singapore’s bio‑blended bunker sales edged lower to around 57,000 mt in November. according to preliminary figures from the port authority. That compares with around 61,000 mt sold in October and is the second‑lowest monthly volume of the year after October’s multi‑month low.

When adding B100, total biofuel bunker sales reached 62,000 mt, essentially unchanged month‑on‑month.

Nearly 46,000 mt of November’s bio‑blended bunkers were VLSFO blended with biofuel - typically a 24% blend ratio in Singapore. About 11,000 mt consisted of HSFO blends, while 450 mt was LSMGO blended with a bio component. B100 volumes multiplied to about 4,800 mt.

LNG bunker sales fell by about 9% to 55,000 mt in November after surging 25% higher in October. Average daily LNG sales slipped to roughly 1,830 mt/day from 2,000 mt/day the previous month. Despite the drop, year‑to‑date LNG sales remain well ahead of last year.

Analytics firm Kpler estimates that there were 38 bunker stems delivered in November, a two-stem decline from October. Pavilion’s Brassavola and FueLNG’s Venosa supplied one fewer stem each. Only one bulk carrier received LNG in November, a sharp drop from eight in October.   

Singapore recorded its first methanol bunker sale of the year in November, with about 3,000 mt delivered. No ammonia bunkering has been reported to date.

Across the first 11 months of 2025, bio‑fuel bunker sales - bio‑blends plus B100 - have reached roughly 1.29 million mt, according to the port authority’s data. That is about 66% higher than the 780,000 mt sold in the same period last year.

LNG sales have totalled around 491,000 mt, up 18% from about 416,000 mt in January-November 2024. Methanol sales stand at just over 3,000 mt for the year so far, compared with about 1,600 mt in the same period last year.

By Erik Hoffmann

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