Container and bulk ships are skipping Asia’s largest refueling hub in Singapore as delays at ports in China and elsewhere prompt vessels to reschedule their stops to save time. A total of 3,020 ships were called at the city-state to refuel last month, 441 fewer than a year earlier, according to preliminary data released by the Maritime Port Authority. That’s led to bunker fuel sales falling to 3.77 million tons in March, the lowest seasonally since 2016. Bunkering is the supplying of fuel for use by ships. Fewer ships are stopping at Singapore as congestion at ports globally prompts companies to skip the transit hub between East and West. Shanghai’s lockdown to contain China’s worst Covid outbreak since 2020 has created gridlock at the world’s largest container port, with queues of vessels building there […]