SINGAPORE, May 16 (Reuters) - Marine bunker fuel sales at the United
Arab Emirates' Fujairah port hit a two-month low in April, although they were
higher than the same month last year, latest data showed.
    Bunker sales at the world's third-largest hub, excluding lubricants,
totalled 638,960 cubic metres (about 632,923 metric tons), according to Fujairah
Oil Industry Zone (FOIZ) data published by S&P Global Commodity Insights this
week.
    Sales for April dipped 8.8% month-on-month, but were up 7.1% year-on-year.
    Volumes posted a fourth consecutive month of yearly increases as Red Sea
disruptions supported global bunker demand this year.
    Low-sulphur bunker sales of residual fuels and marine gasoils totalled
467,119 cubic metres at Fujairah in April, 7.1% lower from March.
    Meanwhile, high-sulphur bunker sales fell 13.3% from March to 171,841 cubic
metres in April.
    The market share of low-sulphur bunkers was at 73% in April while
high-sulphur bunkers was at 27%.

    Fujairah bunker sales by month, in cubic metres, excluding lubricants:  
 Month        Total Sales   M-o-M   Y-o-Y
 Jan-23         633,023     -8.8%   -2.0%
 Feb-23         572,371     -9.6%   -6.5%
 Mar-23         559,800     -2.2%   -19.0%
 Apr-23         596,330     6.5%    -10.3%
 May-23         620,388     4.0%    -16.7%
 Jun-23         605,374     -2.4%   -6.5%
 Jul-23         659,566     9.0%    -0.8%
 Aug-23         677,503     2.7%    -6.3%
 Sep-23         628,639     -7.2%   -5.9%
 Oct-23         654,153     4.1%    -0.1%
 Nov-23         610,498     -6.7%   -4.1%
 Dec-23         658,638     7.9%    -5.1%
 Jan-24         674,632     2.4%     6.6%
 Feb-24         633,436     -6.1%   10.7%
 Mar-24         700,918     10.7%   25.2%
 Apr-24 *       638,960     -8.8%    7.1%
    
    Monthly bunker sales by grade, in cubic metres:
 Month      180cst   380cst     380cst       MGO       LSMGO    Lubric
             LSFO     LSFO      HSFO                             ants
 Jan-23       300    453,703   151,055       796      27,169    4,039
 Feb-23       545    389,544   159,908       713      21,661    4,549
 Mar-23       250    451,405    81,058       538      26,549    3,475
 Apr-23       480    441,912   126,943       257      26,738    4,270
 May-23       170    468,635   126,586      2,021     22,976    4,723
 Jun-23       573    449,264   127,573      1,088     26,876    4,732
 Jul-23      1,272   459,665   174,227      1,387     23,015    4,151
 Aug-23        -     450,420   196,343       459      30,281    4,587
 Sep-23        -     425,942   172,945      1,688     28,064    3,944
 Oct-23       792    449,652   164,107      1,699     37,903    4,499
 Nov-23       513    407,503   171,438      2,430     28,614    4,305
 Dec-23      2,409   457,756   167,321       685      30,467    4,414
 Jan-24       341    436,604   207,124       122      30,441    4,372
 Feb-24      1,000   407,799   192,753       210      31,674    4,420
 Mar-24       924    463,245   198,273       321      38,155    5,171
 Apr-24 *     742    434,918   171,841       634      30,825    3,734
 
    Data source: Fujairah Oil Industry Zone data published by S&P Global
Commodity Insights

    (1 cubic metre = 6.29 barrels)
    (1 metric ton = 6.35 barrels for fuel oil)
    

 (Reporting by Cassandra Yap; Editing by Varun H K)