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Chemoil International has been ranked as Singapore's leading bunker supplier by sales volume for the second year in a row in 2016, according to data released by the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA).

Sentek Marine & Trading - a company that has featured in the top three since 2012 - rose one place to second, whilst Universal Energy - a supplier that has been in the top 10 since 2013 but never before broken into the top three - rose four places to third.

Also making up the top five were oil majors ExxonMobil and BP - two companies that in previous years have been Singapore's top two bunker suppliers. ExxonMobil rose one place to fourth, thus securing a place in the top five for the second year in a row, having been ranked 6th, 11th and 8th between 2012 and 2014. BP, Singapore's top supplier for 12 consecutive years between and 2003 and 2014, recorded the biggest drop for last year's top 10 suppliers, falling three places to fifth.

Transocean Oil and Shell Eastern Trading both fell two places to sixth and eighth respectively; Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services rose one place to eighth; and both Global Energy Trading and Panoil Petroleum were unchanged at 9th and 10th. Significantly, no companies rose up the list to break into the top 10 in 2016.

The new entrant to make the biggest impact in 2016 was PetroChina International, which secured 12th position in its first year as a supplier in Singapore. PetroChina-owned Singapore Petroleum (SPC), meanwhile, was no longer listed, having been ranked as the 11th-biggest supplier in 2015.

Other new entrants Maersk Oil Trading Singapore and Harley Marine Asia were ranked 36th and 47th respectively.

Suppliers to rise significantly up the list were Palmstone Marine Services (up 15 places to 23rd), Sinanju Marine Services (up 12 to 43rd), Pegasus Maritime (up 9 to 44th), Costank (up 7 to 14th) and Sirius Marine (up 7 to 29th).

In addition to Costank, Brightoil Petroleum and Aegean Bunkering also improved their ranking to break into the top 20: Brightoil jumped five places to 18th and Aegean was up two to 20th.

The biggest declines were recorded by Uni Petroleum, which fell 16 places to 45th, and Palmstone Tankers & Trading, which dropped eight places to 48th.

A full list of Singapore's 58 licensed suppliers by volume has been provided below. A comparison with the previous year has been included in brackets for each company.

1 (--) Chemoil International Pte Ltd

2 (+1) Sentek Marine & Trading Pte Ltd

3 (+4) Universal Energy Pte Ltd

4 (+1) ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

5 (-3) BP Singapore Pte Ltd

6 (-2) Transocean Oil Pte Ltd

7 (+1) Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services Pte Ltd

8 (-2) Shell Eastern Trading Pte Ltd

9 (--) Global Energy Trading Pte Ltd

10 (--) Panoil Petroleum Pte Ltd

11 (+4) Toyota Tsusho Petroleum (S) Pte Ltd

12 (NE) Petrochina International (Singapore) Pte Ltd

13 (+3) SK Energy International Pte Ltd

14 (+7) Costank (S) Pte Ltd

15 (-1) Golden Island Diesel Oil Trading

16 (-3) Seven Seas Oil Trading Pte Ltd

17 (+2) Total Marine Fuels Pte Ltd

18 (+5) Brightoil Petroleum (Singapore) Pte Ltd

19 (+1) Consort Bunkers Pte Ltd

20 (+2) Aegean Bunkering (Singapore) Pte Ltd

21 (+4) Bomin Bunker Oil Pte Ltd

22 (-5) Wired Bunkering Pte Ltd

23 (+15) Palmstone Marine Services Pte Ltd

24 (--) Bunker House Petroleum Pte Ltd

25 (+5) Singamas Petroleum Trading Pte Ltd

26 (--) Inter-Pacific Petroleum Pte Ltd

27 (--) Pacific Bunkering Services Pte Ltd

28 (+4) Cathay Marine Fuel Oil Trading Pte Ltd

29 (+7) Sirius Marine Pte Ltd

30 (+5) Fratelli Cosulich Bunkers (S) Pte Ltd

31(-3) Ocean Bunkering Services Pte Ltd

32 (+5) Grandeur Trading & Services Pte Ltd

33 (+1) Marubeni Int'l Petroleum (S) Pte Ltd

34 (-3) Eng Hua Company (Pte) Ltd

35 (-2) Triton Bunkering Services Pte Ltd

36 (NE) Maersk Oil Trading Singapore Pte Ltd

37 (+2) Impex Marine (S) Pte Ltd

38 (+6) The Barrel Oil Pte Ltd

39 (+4) Southernpec (Singapore) Pte Ltd

40 (+6) Matrix Marine Fuels Pte Ltd

41 (--) Chevron Singapore Pte Ltd

42 (--) Global Marine Transportation Pte Ltd

43 (+12) Sinanju Marine Services Pte Ltd

44 (+9) Pegasus Maritime (S) Pte Ltd

45 (-16) Uni Petroleum Pte Ltd

46 (-1) Hai Yin Marine Pte Ltd

47 (NE) Harley Marine Asia Pte Ltd

48 (-8) Palmstone Tankers & Trading Pte Ltd

49 (-2) Kenoil Marine Services Pte Ltd

50 (-1) Victory Petroleum Trading Pte Ltd

51 (-3) Hin Leong Marine Interantional (Pte) Ltd

52 (-2) Eastpoint International Marketing Pte Ltd

53 (-1) Central Star Marine Supplies Pte Ltd

54 (-3) Hai Fu Marine Services Pte Ltd

55 (+4) Hong Lam Marine Pte Ltd

56 (+1) Bunker B Pte Ltd

57 (-1) Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd

58 (--) A Dot Marine Pte Ltd

(--) = same
(+) = up
(-) = down
(NE) = new entrant

Dropouts in 2016 (with 2015 ranking in brackets):

- Singapore Petroleum Company Ltd (2015: 11)

- Searights Maritime Services Pte Ltd (2015: 12), defunct

- Vermont UM Bunkering Ltd (2015: 18), licence cancelled

- AC Oil Pte Ltd (2015: 54), licence cancelled.