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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, 05 January 12
DRY BULK MARKET TAKES A PLUNGE OF LOW ACTIVITY - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING
As was widely expected the first days of the new year are characterized by significantly low chartering across the board of the dry bulk market, pus ...
Wednesday, 04 January 12
NEWBUILDING ORDERS PICKED UP IN 2011, BUT 2012 EXPECTED TO BE A DIFFERENT STORY - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING
With the BDI (Baltic Dry Index) starting the year on a sour note, losing 114 points and ending yesterday’s session, the first of the new year, ...
Wednesday, 04 January 12
MAHAGENCO TO IMPORT LOW MOISTURE COAL
COALspot.com - Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd. is the state power generation utility owned by Government of Maharashtra, intends to proc ...
Tuesday, 03 January 12
INDONESIA COAL REFERENCE PRICE FELL AGAIN
COALspot.com - Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia has sets the January 2012 coal reference price at US$ 109.29 per ton or US$ 3.3 ...
Tuesday, 03 January 12
WHICH WAY WILL THE DRY BULK MARKET HEAD ON FIRST WEEK OF THE YEAR? - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING
Dry bulk ship owners will be wondering which way will the BDI (Baltic Dry Index), the industry’s benchmark, will head during the first days of ...
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- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- PTC India Limited - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- The University of Queensland
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Australian Coal Association
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- White Energy Company Limited
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Planning Commission, India
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
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