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The total volume of marine fuel sold in the port of Singapore reached a new record of 34.9 million tonnes in 2008, according to data released by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).

Annual sales at the world's leading bunker port by volume surpassed the previous year's record of 31.5 million tonnes by 10.7 percent in 2008.

Please find below a table of annual bunker sales in Singapore since 2000. The data shows that the port has seen volumes increase by 16.3 million tonnes, or 87.6 percent, in only nine years.

Sales of marine fuel in Singapore have risen every year except 2002, when the figure dipped by 200,000 tonnes.

Year	Bunker Volume (million tonnes)
2000	18.6
2001	20.3
2002	20.1
2003	20.8
2004	23.6
2005	25.5
2006	28.4
2007	31.5
2008	34.9

Below is a table of 2008 bunker sales in Singapore for each fuel grade with accumulated totals in the bottom row.

Please note that a breakdown of sales volumes for each product during the month of December has not yet been released by the MPA.

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
March	3,045.3	361.4	2,275.7	235.4	137.0
April	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
June	2,810.4	354.8	2,075.2	235.1	108.4
July	3,030.9	364.5	2,277.4	210.7	129.7
August	3,151.7	376.4	2,372.5	238.7	134.2
September	2,856.2	409.2	2,085.6	204.7	134.3
October	2,925.5	392.5	2,174.1	203.0	135.7
November	2,879.9	417.1	2,116.4	202.7	122.6
Total	32,202.1	4,070.8	23,883.9	2,487.6	1,397.6