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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, 20 August 10
POWER COS SEEK MINING PARTNERS TO BID FOR 1,920-MW PROJECT
"A joint venture between the Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu governments for a pit-head power project, has been allotted the biggest coal block yet ...
Thursday, 19 August 10
INDONESIA EXPORTED 5.93 MLN TON OF COAL TO CHINA AND 3.52 MLN TONS TO INDIA IN JULY
COALspot.com: Indonesia shipped 3.52 million tones of thermal coal to India in July, fell 25.39 percent compared to June's exports of 4.71 million ...
Thursday, 19 August 10
WBPDCL INDIA LAUNCHES SPOT COAL TENDER
COALspot.com: The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL ), A Govt. of West Bengal Enterprise, has launched spot contract tender ...
Thursday, 19 August 10
PANAMAX BACKED BY A STRONGER SHORT PERIOD MARKET AND SUPPORTED BY SOME FRESH REQUIREMENTS - FEARNBULK
Handy
The events of this week have confirmed our assessment of last week i.e. activity gradually picked up in the Atlantic with more enquiry seen ...
Thursday, 19 August 10
CSC TO SHIP COAL FOR NOROCHCHOLAI POWER PLANT
Daily Mirror reported that, coal for the Norochcholai Power Plant will be shipped to the country by the Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC) officials ...
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- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- White Energy Company Limited
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- PTC India Limited - India
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Planning Commission, India
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- The University of Queensland
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Australian Coal Association
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
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