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Saturday, 13 February 10
THE FREIGHT MARKET CONTINUED TO BE WEAK THIS WEEK - CAPT. REDDY
COALspot.com (Singapore): The freight market continued to be weak this week. There have been quite a few spot vessels open Far east and have been forced to fix at low numbers. The trend may continue at least until next week till the Chinese New year holidays are over.
BDI INDEX
The BDI dropped by 144 points by 5 pct and closed at 2,571 points. The cape index dropped by 215 points by 6 pct and closed at 3,259 points. The Panamax dropped only by about 4 pct this week compared to 8 pct last week and was down by 113 points and closed at 3,141 points. The Supramax index dropped by 108 points by 5 pct and closed at 2,048 points.
The handy size index dropped by 18 points by about 2 pct and closed at 1,038 points.
CHARTER HIRE
The average charter hire was at Cape US$ 29,649 per day, Panamax US$ 21.,412 per day, Supramax US$ 21,112 per day and Handy size US$ 15,169 per day.
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“Short period rates for Supramax was around US$ 21,000 – 22,000 per day for vessels opening Far East / SE Asia” - Vistaar Shipping
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The Supramax index in the Far East (S6 route) continued to softened and was down by US$ 1,572 per day and closed at US$ 14,998 per day. Next week also would continue to be soft because of Chinese new year holidays . The ECI/China (S7) route was almost at same levels with a drop of only US$ 528 per day and closed slightly lower at US$ 25,335 per day mainly.
Short period rates for Supramax was around US$ 21/22000 per day for vessels opening Far East/SE Asia. Supramax charter rates for one year is around US$ 19000 per day.
THREE YEARS FUTURE
The futures for three years (2010-2012) remained unchanged and was at around Cape US$ 28,000 per day, Panamax US$ 18,500 per day, Supramax US$ 15,500 per day, Handy size US$ 12,500 per day.
PORT CONGESTION
The congestion at Australian ports in the EC for coal loading continued to be high at 148 vessels (last week 148 vessels), which is highest in 3 yrs. The congestion increased due to bad weather. The number of vessels waiting at DBCT and Newcastle was around 60 vessels. The waiting at DBCT was around 30 days , Hay point and Gladstone 10-12 days and Newcastle about 16 days. On the WC Australia iron ore vessels waiting was same as last week at 22 vessels (last week 25 vessels). The waiting at Indian ports for coal vessels was quite normal around 3/4 days.
CRUDE
The crude prices firmed up this week and the Brent crude prices was at US$ 72.90 per barrel (last week US$ 70.23 per barrel). The prices of bunkers also was up at US$456 pmts (IFO 380 cst ex Singapore) on 12th Feb 2010.
FREIGHT FORECAST
Click here for Vistaar’s forecasted (subject to terms & conditions) spot freight rates for coal & Iron-ore cargo for specific routes(cs)
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Wednesday, 07 October 09
WORLD'S LEADING COAL-BASED PP PROJECT TO BEGIN TRIAL PRODUCTION NEXT YEAR IN NW CHINA
Xinhua Net reported that, a coal-based polypropylene (PP) production project in northwest China, believed to be the world's largest one, is to ...
Wednesday, 07 October 09
INDIA SAIL TO IMPORT 10-11 MLN T COAL IN FY10 - EXEC
Reuters reported that, Steel Authority of India Ltd plans to import 10-11 million tonnes of coal in the current year to March, below last year's 13 ...
Wednesday, 07 October 09
DOMESTIC SHIPPING FIRMS READY FOR NEW RULES ON COAL, INDUSTRY GROUP SAYS
The Jakarta Globe reported that, The domestic coal-shipping sector is ready for the introduction of shipping regulations requiring all power station ...
Wednesday, 07 October 09
CHINESE BANK MAY PULL OUT OF SUMATRA COAL RAILWAY
The Jakarta Globe reported that, The Export-Import Bank of China may pull out of a $1.28 billion South Sumatra coal-railway project with state-owned ...
Wednesday, 07 October 09
COAL INDIA LOOKS AT LONG-TERM PRICE CONTRACTS
Economic Times reported that, Coal India is looking at long-term price contracts, of at least three-four year periods, with foreign entities, 54 of ...
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- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
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- Parliament of New Zealand
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- Wilmar Investment Holdings
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- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
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- White Energy Company Limited
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- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
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- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
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- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
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- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- London Commodity Brokers - England
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- Economic Council, Georgia
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- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
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- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
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- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
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- Eastern Energy - Thailand
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- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
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- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
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- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- The University of Queensland
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- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
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- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
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- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Planning Commission, India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
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- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
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- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
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