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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, 09 December 12
LOW DEMAND PUSHES CHARTER RATES TOWARDS DOWN - VISTAAR
COALspot.com - The freight market has softened and BDI, The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for dry bulk goods, plunged below 10 ...
Friday, 07 December 12
A NEW PHASE FOR AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES - A FITCH STREET INTERVIEW
This week Matt Jamieson spoke with Andrew Colquhoun in Fitch's Asian sovereign rating team, and Vicky Melbourne, Fitch's commodity analyst based i ...
Friday, 07 December 12
SHIPPING INDUSTRY LOOKING ON YET ANOTHER TOUGH YEAR AS WE APPROACH 2013 - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING
With shipping finance "on the ropes" as traditional lenders appear to be cutting their losses and tonnage oversupply still the most import ...
Thursday, 06 December 12
PANAMAX : THE POSITIVE VIBES IN THE ATLANTIC REMAINS - FEARNLEYS AS
Handy
The Atlantic market is still depressed with dearth of cargoes and more ships. The trips from Continent to Feast fixed around USD 12k. Trips f ...
Thursday, 06 December 12
STRONG CHINESE DEMAND FOR DRY BULK COMMODITIES EXPECTED FOR 2013 - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING
A new analysis from BIMCO released yesterday suggests that 2013 is expected to be a stronger year in terms of China's "hunger" for commod ...
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- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- ASAPP Information Group - India
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- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- The University of Queensland
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
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- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
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- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Planning Commission, India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- PTC India Limited - India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Australian Coal Association
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- VISA Power Limited - India
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- White Energy Company Limited
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
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