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Saturday, 07 August 10
INDIAN COAL IMPORTS WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN KEEPING THE FREIGHT MARKET FIRM IN FUTURE - VISTAAR
 COALspot.com: The freight market was volatile with market ending firmed and the BDI crossing 2000 points up by 3 pct, however the BCI was up by 14 pct closing at 2194 points. The panamax and Supramax was slightly down by 1.94 pct and 1.65 pct respectively, whereas handy size index was down by 3.56 pct.
Towards the end of the week the market seemed to be firmer with all the futures ending firmer. Chinese iron ore and coal imports are expected to improve towards fourth quarter 2010. The indian coal imports are likely to continue to be strong and will play an important part in keeping the freight market firm.
BDI (Baltic Dry Index Changes)
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BALTIC DRY INDEX CHANGE
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This week
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Last week
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Change
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Change %
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Baltic Dry Index
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2030
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1967
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63↑
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3.2
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Baltic Cape Index
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2194
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1922
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272 ↑
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14.15
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Baltic Panamax Index
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2581
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2632
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51↓
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-1.94
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Baltic Supra Index
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1731
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1760
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29↓
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-1.65
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Baltic Handy size Index
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974
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1010
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36↓
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-3.56
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As of 6 August 2010
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The average charter hire was at Cape/$ 18422 per day, Panamax/$ 20733 per day, Supramax/$ 18096 per day and Handysize/$ 14307 per day.
The supramax index in the Fareast (S6 route) was down by $ 540 per day and closed at $ 17631 per day. The ECI/China (S7) route was also increased by $ 1192 per day and closed at $ 18119 per day. The S6 and S7 routes are likely to be steady/firm.
The futures for three years(2010-2012) was firm for cape and panamax vessels and was at around Cape/$ 26000 per day, Panamax/$ 21000 per day, Supramax/$ 18500 per day, Handy size/$ 13500 per day. Short period and one year period rates for Supramax vessels were around $ 20-21000 per day with delivery feast.
The congestion in EC Australian ports was at 124 vessels this week (last week 126 vessels). The vessels waiting at main coal loading ports were at Hay point/6, DBCT/65, Gladstone/5, Abbot Point/3, New Castle/43 vessels, Port Kembla/2 vessels. On the WC Australia iron ore vessels waiting further reduced to 17 vessels (last week 27 vessels).
The waiting at Indian ports for coal vessels was quite normal around 3/4 days.
The Brent crude prices was firm touching above $ 82 per barrel and closed at $ 80.39 per barrel (last week $ 78.24 per barrel). The bunkers prices also firmed up by about $ 20 pmt and prices ex Singapore and was at $ 465.50 pmt (IFO 380 cst ex Singapore) on 6th August 2010.
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Sunday, 06 March 11
THE S6 ROUTE MAY CONTINUE TO BE FIRM - VISTAAR
COALspot.com - The freight market was firm this week with all indices up. The BDI , Cape Index and Panamax index was up by almost 9 pct where as Sup ...
Friday, 04 March 11
IRON ORE FROM INDIA HAS BEEN QUIET
Handy
Activity has been gradually rising in the Atlantic but it is mostly confined to the USG market. Short period basis redelivery Atlantic has b ...
Thursday, 03 March 11
TNPL INDIA LOOKING FOR 160,000 MT OF NON-COKING COAL
COALspot.com - Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd. is seeking to import 160,000 plus minus 5 percent metric tons of non-coking coal with Gross Calo ...
Wednesday, 02 March 11
MIXED FORTUNES FOR DRY BULK OWNERS THIS WEEK - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING
Although the dry bulk market has been on the positive side this week, things still look quite uncertain in the near term, with most owners puzzled a ...
Wednesday, 02 March 11
INDIA, 2ND LARGEST IMPORTER OF INDONESIAN COAL IN 2010
COALspot.com: Indonesia, the world largest coal exporter, shipped 24.68 million tons of coal in January 2011, which was 1.19 percent higher Y-o- ...
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- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- White Energy Company Limited
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Planning Commission, India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Economic Council, Georgia
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Australian Coal Association
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Minerals Council of Australia
- PTC India Limited - India
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Parliament of New Zealand
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- The University of Queensland
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
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