COALspot.com keeps you connected across the coal world

Submit Your Articles
We welcome article submissions from experts in the areas of coal, mining, shipping, etc.

To Submit your article please click here.

International Energy Events


Search News
Latest CoalNews Headlines
Saturday, 10 April 10
VESSELS OPEN N. CHINA WERE SEEN FIXED AT HIGH TEENS FOR TRIP VIA INDONESIA TO INDIA - VISTAAR SINGAPORE


COALspot.com: The BDI indices was almost at same levels was down by only 2.6 pct.

The cape index was down by almost 13 pct, which appears to be slowing down of iron ore imports. The Panamax and Supramax was strong and was up by 6.58 pct and 3.36 pct respectively, however this sector was quite firm for spot and short period rates. The Handy size index was almost at same levels and was just up by 0.36 pct.

Supramax vessels opening Fareast were seen mostly being fixed for short period and were seen fixed at $ 26,000 / 27,000 per day.

“The Supramax vessels open N. China were seen fixed at high teens for trip via Indonesia to India” said, Capt. Reddy, MD of Vistaar Shipping, Singapore. Vistaar shipping is an experienced ship operator operating in Singapore and India.

BDI (Baltic dry index changes)

BALTIC DRY INDEX CHANGE
 
This week
Last week
Change
Change %
Baltic Dry Index
2913
2991
78¯
2.60
Baltic Cape Index
2984
3429
445 ¯
12.98
Baltic Panamax Index
3952
3708
244
6.58
Baltic Supra Index
2490
2409
81
3.36
Baltic Handy size Index
1355
1360
5 ¯
0.36
As of 9 April 2010



“With quite a lot of new deliveries still coming it will be interesting to see how the freight market will be affected. However it appears that at least for the first quarter the new deliveries have not affected and market has remained firm”, Capt. Reddy further said.

The average charter hire was at Cape $ 25,115 per day, Panamax $ 31,799 per day, Supramax $ 26,040 per day and Handy size $19,733 per day.

The Supramax index in the Fareast (S6 route) firmed up by $ 1,190 per day (up by 5.62 pct) and closed at $ 22,350 per day. The ECI/China (S7) route continued to soften and was down by $ 2,004 per day (down by 5.89 pct) and closed at $ 31992 per day.

The futures for three years (2010-2012) was at around Cape $ 29,000, Panamax $ 21,000, Supramax $ 18,000 and Handy size $ 14,000 per day respectively.

The congestion in EC Australian ports reduced to 155 vessels this week (last week 173 vessels ). The vessels waiting at main coal loading ports are at Hay point/20 , DBCT / 63, Gladstone / 17 ,New Castle / 49 vessels. On the WC Australia iron ore vessels waiting was at 20 vessels (last week 19 vessels).   

The waiting at Indian ports for coal vessels was quite normal around 3/4 days , except for Paradip and Haldia where congestion continues to be high due to slow clearance of cargoes from the port due to railway wagon shortage.

The crude prices continued to be firm 84.78 per barrel (last week at $  84.42 per barrel) . The  prices of bunkers was up at 481.50 pmts (IFO 380 CST ex.Singapore) on 9th April 2010.

CLICK HERE for Vistaar’s forecasted (Terms & Conditions Apply) spot freight rates for coal & Iron-ore cargo for specific routes(cs)
VISTAAR SHIPPING, SINGAPORE



If you believe an article violates your rights or the rights of others, please contact us.

Recent News

Thursday, 24 December 09
EUROSEAS LTD. ANNOUNCES TWO-YEAR TIME CHARTER AGREEMENT FOR PANAMAX BULK CARRIER
Euroseas Ltd., an owner and operator of drybulk carriers and container vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for dry bulk and containerize ...


Wednesday, 23 December 09
INDONESIA POWER CHIEF TO BUILD PLANTS OUTSIDE JAVA
Indonesia's state electricity firm plans to build new power plants outside Java island with a combined capacity of around 2,000 megawatts to resolv ...


Wednesday, 23 December 09
BUKIT ASAM SEES CHINA COAL DEMAND BOOST
* Rebound in prices to have pushed up 2009 revs * To more than double Tarahan port capacity Reuters reported that, Indonesian state-owned coal m ...


Wednesday, 23 December 09
MACARTHUR COAL OFFERS TO BUY RIVAL GLOUCESTER
Queensland-based Macarthur Coal will offer to buy fellow Australian Gloucester Coal, in a move to add two new mines and increase coal resources. ...


Tuesday, 22 December 09
CHINA CONTRACTED COAL PRICE FOR 2010 SEES SLIGHT INCREASE
A number of coal and power enterprises have concluded their annual power-coal supply contracts for 2010, and the contracted coal price saw slight in ...


   1228 1229 1230 1231 1232   
Showing 6146 to 6150 news of total 6871
News by Category
Popular News
 
Total Members : 28,698
Member
Panelist
User ID
Password
Remember Me
By logging on you accept our TERMS OF USE.
Free
Register
Forgot Password
 
Our Members Are From ...

  • Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
  • bp singapore
  • CESC Limited - India
  • IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
  • Coal Orbis AG
  • Indonesian Coal Mining Association
  • The University of Queensland
  • Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
  • World Bank
  • Thailand Anthracite
  • Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
  • Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
  • SMG Consultants - Indonesia
  • Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
  • Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
  • Russian Coal LLC
  • GHCL Limited - India
  • Enel Italy
  • SUEK AG - Indonesia
  • London Commodity Brokers - England
  • PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
  • Malco - India
  • Planning Commission, India
  • Ministry of Transport, Egypt
  • globalCOAL - UK
  • Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
  • Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
  • The Treasury - Australian Government
  • Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
  • Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
  • Videocon Industries ltd - India
  • Latin American Coal - Colombia
  • ICICI Bank Limited - India
  • Tamil Nadu electricity Board
  • Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
  • Parliament of New Zealand
  • Sucofindo - Indonesia
  • Xstrata Coal
  • Kobe Steel Ltd - Japan
  • Inspectorate - India
  • Bhushan Steel Limited - India
  • Commonwealth Bank - Australia
  • Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
  • Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
  • Clarksons - UK
  • Humpuss - Indonesia
  • PLN - Indonesia
  • HSBC - Hong Kong
  • Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
  • Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
  • Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
  • JPMorgan - India
  • Coaltrans Conferences
  • Mitsubishi Corporation
  • Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
  • Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
  • Thriveni
  • Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
  • Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
  • Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
  • Shree Cement - India
  • Bank of America
  • SGS (Thailand) Limited
  • Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
  • Malabar Cements Ltd - India
  • Xindia Steels Limited - India
  • The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
  • TANGEDCO India
  • Inco-Indonesia
  • SMC Global Power, Philippines
  • NALCO India
  • GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
  • Cebu Energy, Philippines
  • Platts
  • Permata Bank - Indonesia
  • Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
  • MEC Coal - Indonesia
  • Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
  • San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
  • South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
  • Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
  • Arch Coal - USA
  • Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
  • Barclays Capital - USA
  • BNP Paribas - Singapore
  • KOWEPO - South Korea
  • Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
  • Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
  • PowerSource Philippines DevCo
  • Medco Energi Mining Internasional
  • Peabody Energy - USA
  • MS Steel International - UAE
  • Electricity Authority, New Zealand
  • Moodys - Singapore
  • Indonesia Power. PT
  • Goldman Sachs - Singapore
  • Surastha Cement
  • International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
  • LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
  • KEPCO - South Korea
  • PLN Batubara - Indonesia
  • Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
  • PetroVietnam
  • TNPL - India
  • Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
  • Australian Coal Association
  • Shenhua Group - China
  • IBC Asia (S) Pte Ltd
  • Energy Development Corp, Philippines
  • Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
  • Glencore India Pvt. Ltd
  • CCIC - Indonesia
  • RBS Sempra - UK
  • Vedanta Resources Plc - India
  • Sojitz Corporation - Japan
  • CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
  • Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
  • Indian Oil Corporation Limited
  • Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
  • Central Electricity Authority - India
  • Indika Energy - Indonesia
  • Eastern Coal Council - USA
  • Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
  • Eastern Energy - Thailand
  • Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
  • Sical Logistics Limited - India
  • Maruti Cements - India
  • Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
  • Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
  • Carbofer General Trading SA - India
  • Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
  • Adani Power Ltd - India
  • Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
  • TRAFIGURA, South Korea
  • Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
  • Coal and Oil Company - UAE
  • Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
  • WorleyParsons
  • Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
  • Petrosea - Indonesia
  • Trasteel International SA, Italy
  • Siam City Cement - Thailand
  • SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
  • Interocean Group of Companies - India
  • Asian Development Bank
  • Vale Mozambique
  • Indian Energy Exchange, India
  • Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
  • Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
  • KPMG - USA
  • Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
  • OCBC - Singapore
  • Romanian Commodities Exchange
  • APGENCO India
  • Thai Mozambique Logistica
  • Jatenergy - Australia
  • Geoservices-GeoAssay Lab
  • Cosco
  • Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
  • Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
  • Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
  • Renaissance Capital - South Africa
  • Ministry of Mines - Canada
  • Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
  • Dalmia Cement Bharat India
  • Bangladesh Power Developement Board
  • Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
  • Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
  • Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
  • Ince & co LLP
  • Reliance Power - India
  • Thermax Limited - India
  • Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
  • Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
  • Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
  • IMC Shipping - Singapore
  • Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
  • Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
  • J M Baxi & Co - India
  • Tata Power - India
  • Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
  • Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
  • Noble Europe Ltd - UK
  • Anglo American - United Kingdom
  • Indogreen Group - Indonesia
  • European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
  • GNFC Limited - India
  • Berau Coal - Indonesia
  • Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
  • Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
  • Mitsui
  • AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
  • Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
  • Platou - Singapore
  • Petron Corporation, Philippines
  • Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
  • Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
  • Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
  • Chamber of Mines of South Africa
  • Deloitte Consulting - India
  • Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
  • Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
  • GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
  • Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
  • Mitra SK Pvt Ltd - India
  • Aditya Birla Group - India
  • Mjunction Services Limited - India
  • Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
  • IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
  • Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
  • IOL Indonesia
  • World Coal - UK
  • Mercator Lines Limited - India
  • Maybank - Singapore
  • Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
  • NTPC Limited - India
  • Posco Energy - South Korea
  • Coal India Limited
  • Georgia Ports Authority, United States
  • Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
  • Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
  • Independent Power Producers Association of India
  • VISA Power Limited - India
  • Maersk Broker
  • Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd.
  • Gupta Coal India Ltd
  • SASOL - South Africa
  • Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
  • Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
  • Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
  • BRS Brokers - Singapore
  • OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
  • The India Cements Ltd
  • EMO - The Netherlands
  • Indorama - Singapore
  • UOB Asia (HK) Ltd
  • Gresik Semen - Indonesia
  • McKinsey & Co - India
  • Arutmin Indonesia
  • White Energy Company Limited
  • PTC India Limited - India
  • Coeclerici Indonesia
  • Britmindo - Indonesia
  • Argus Media - Singapore
  • McConnell Dowell - Australia
  • New Zealand Coal & Carbon
  • Idemitsu - Japan
  • Agrawal Coal Company - India
  • Central Java Power - Indonesia
  • Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
  • Pinang Coal Indonesia
  • Credit Suisse - India
  • Thomson Reuters GRC
  • Marubeni Corporation - India
  • Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
  • Cardiff University - UK
  • Asia Cement - Taiwan
  • Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
  • Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
  • Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
  • Lafarge - France
  • Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
  • Japan Coal Energy Center
  • Adaro Indonesia
  • Edison Trading Spa - Italy
  • Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
  • Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
  • GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
  • TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
  • Cement Manufacturers Association - India
  • Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
  • Infraline Energy - India
  • Heidelberg Cement - Germany
  • JPower - Japan
  • EIA - United States
  • Indian School of Mines
  • CNBM International Corporation - China
  • Baramulti Group, Indonesia
  • Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
  • ANZ Bank - Australia
  • Bangkok Bank PCL
  • Cargill India Pvt Ltd
  • Core Mineral Indonesia
  • PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
  • Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
  • ACC Limited - India
  • GMR Energy Limited - India
  • Freeport Indonesia
  • Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
  • ASAPP Information Group - India
  • Deutsche Bank - India
  • Cemex - Philippines
  • Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
  • GB Group - China
  • SRK Consulting
  • Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
  • Parry Sugars Refinery, India
  • Economic Council, Georgia
  • Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
  • Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
  • ETA - Dubai
  • Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
  • Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
  • Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
  • Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
  • U S Energy Resources
  • TGV SRAAC LIMITED, India
  • Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
  • Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
  • Fearnleys - India
  • Runge Indonesia
  • Wilmar Investment Holdings
  • KPCL - India
  • Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
  • Star Paper Mills Limited - India
  • Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
  • Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
  • Total Coal South Africa
  • Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
  • Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
  • Bank of China, Malaysia
  • Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
  • Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
  • Thiess Contractors Indonesia
  • Minerals Council of Australia
  • Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
  • TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
  • Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
  • Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
  • Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
  • Bhatia International Limited - India
  • Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
  • Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
  • Rudhra Energy - India
  • Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
  • Qatrana Cement - Jordan
  • Vitol - Bahrain
  • CoalTek, United States
  • Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
  • Panama Canal Authority
  • Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
  • Tanito Harum - Indonesia
  • Merrill Lynch Bank
  • India Bulls Power Limited - India
  • Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
  • Singapore Mercantile Exchange
  • Samsung - South Korea
  • ING Bank NV - Singapore
  • Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
  • Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
  • UBS Singapore
  • Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
  • Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
  • DBS Bank - Singapore
  • Mechel - Russia