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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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- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Parliament of New Zealand
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Australian Coal Association
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Economic Council, Georgia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- PTC India Limited - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- MS Steel International - UAE
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Planning Commission, India
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- The University of Queensland
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- White Energy Company Limited
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
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