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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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Thursday, 22 August 13
PANAMAX : PERIOD MARKET IS STILL BEING LED BY STRONGER SENTIMENT IN THE FFA'S - FEARNRESEARCH
Handy
This week started slowly as expected. Indo biz now rate APS around 7k +60k to china and around 8k+80k to India. However, there are some ships ...
Wednesday, 21 August 13
DRY BULK SHIPPING - POSITIVE WINDOW FOR CAPESIZE OWNERS - PETER SAND
By: Peter Sand, Chief Shipping Analyst, BIMCO
Demand:
“Expect the unexpected from the dry bulk market” was what we wrote last time ar ...
Wednesday, 21 August 13
RATES FOR CAPES MOVED DECISIVELY NORTH THIS WEEK - INTERMODAL
COALspot.com - Right when the BDI seemed ready for another dive below the 1000 points level, the Dry Bulk market made significant comeback this week ...
Tuesday, 20 August 13
AUSTRALIA NEWCASTLE COAL EXPORTS FALL 19.15 PERCENT ON WEEK
COALspot.com: Power plant and semi-soft coking coal shipments from Australia's Newcastle port fell 19.15 per cent week on week to 2.39 million mt f ...
Tuesday, 20 August 13
CAPESIZE RATES MORE SENSITIVE TO DEMAND - COMMODORE RESEARCH & CONSULTANCY
COALspot.com : Approximately 71.50 million tons of iron ore is now stockpiled at Chinese ports, 900,000 tons (-1%) less than a week ago, Commodore R ...
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- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- VISA Power Limited - India
- White Energy Company Limited
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Australian Coal Association
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- PTC India Limited - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- The University of Queensland
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Planning Commission, India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
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