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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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Friday, 03 May 13
SHIP OWNERS ARE INVESTING HEAVILY IN DRY BULK CARRIER NEWBUILDINGS ONCE MORE: IS THERE ANY RATIONALE? - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING NEWS
Despite the fact that the dry bulk market remains heavily oversupplied and just as the orderbook of newbuildings had began to shrink, it seems that sh ...
Wednesday, 01 May 13
NEWCASTLE PORT SHIPPED 23.14 PER CENT MORE COAL WEEK ON WEEK
COALspot.com - Newcastle port in Australia has loaded 2,997,729 tons of thermal and coking coal for week ended 0700 hours 29 April 2013, Newca ...
Tuesday, 30 April 13
KATINGAN RIA THERMAL COAL TO START PRODUCTION FROM EARLY 2014
COALspot.com - Realm Resources Ltd. (ASX: RRP) has announced the completion of the Feasibility Study for its 51% owned Katingan Ria thermal co ...
Monday, 29 April 13
FIRST TRADES OF SGX API 8 CFR SOUTH CHINA COAL SWAP
COALspot.com - The SGX API 8 CFR South China Coal Swap went live for clearing on SGX-DC today with a total volume of 25,000 metric tonnes (25 lots). ...
Sunday, 28 April 13
SUB BIT INDONESIA COAL & CFR SOUTH CHINA COAL SWAPS STAY POSITIVE
COALspot.com - Sub-Bit Indonesia coal swaps (FOB ) for average May 2013 delivery has gained 0.34 percent and CFR South China coal shipment gai ...
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- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Minerals Council of Australia
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Australian Coal Association
- White Energy Company Limited
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- PTC India Limited - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Planning Commission, India
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- The University of Queensland
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
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