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Saturday, 02 April 11
THE FREIGHT MARKETS LIKELY TO BE SOFT NEXT WEEK - VISTAAR SINGAPORE
 COALspot.com - The freight market softened this week affecting all sectors with BDI down by 65 points (down by 4.10 pct) and closed at 1,520 points. The cape index was marginally down by 13 points and closed at 1,792 points. Panamax index was the most affected , down by 153 points (down by 7.36 pct) and closed at 1,925 points. The Supramax index also dropped by 92 points (down by 5.74 pct) and closed at 1511 points, where as the handy size was almost at same levels and closed at 786 points.
The Supramax vessels opening Far East /SE Asia region continued to see healthy levels and ships were fixed around $ 16,000 Shanghai/Rizhao range. The freight markets likely to be soft at least in the beginning of the week and may pick towards end of the week. Probably the effects of Japanese ports and crisis in Libya, Yemen , Syria and Middle east seems to be affecting the shipping market. However overall the sentiments are that the markets could be softening in the coming weeks.
The average charter rates was at Cape/$ 10,554 per day , Panamax/$ 15,463 per day , Supramax/$ 15,795 per day and Handy size/$ 11,774 per day.
The Supramax index in the far east (S6 route) softened further by 1.19 pct (down by 191 points) and closed at $ 15,391 per day (last week $ 15,991 per day). The EC India/China (S7 route) also continued to softened and was down by 3.84 pct (down by $ 600 per day) and closed at $ 15,008 per day (last week $ 15,608 per day). The S6 route is likely to continue to be steady/soft , whereas the S7 is likely soften further.
The futures for three years (2011-2013) was at around Cape/$ 18,500 per day, Panamax/$ 16,000 per day, Supramax/$ 15,000 per day , Handy size/$ 11,250 per day.
The congestion in EC Australia almost at same levels at 84 vessels this week (last week 72 vessels). The vessels waiting at main coal loading ports were at Hay point/7, DBCT/21, Gladstone/12, Abbot Point/3, New Castle/34, Port Kembla/7 vessels. On the WC Australia iron ore vessels waiting reduced to 39 vessels (last week 42 vessels).
The waiting at Indian ports for coal vessels was quite normal.
The crude oil prices continued to firm up and closed at $ 118.93 per barrel (last week $ 115.95 per barrel). Bunker prices also firmed up and closed higher at $ 657.00 pmt (last week $ 643 pmt) for IFO 380 cst ex Singapore on 1st April 2011.
Click here for Vistaar’s forecasted (terms & conditions apply) spot freight rates for coal & Iron-ore cargo for specific routes (cs)
Reported by Vistaar Shipping, Singapore
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Tuesday, 25 January 11
DRY BULK RATES CONTINUED TO TUMBLE LAST WEEK - BRS
With weather-related problems affecting the short-term outlook, and new building deliveries the longer-term picture, dry bulk rates continued to tum ...
Tuesday, 25 January 11
R-POWER TO INVEST $5BN IN INDONESIA - THE TIMES OF INDIA
The Times of India reported that, In what is being seen as one of the largest foreign investments in Indonesia, Reliance Power will infuse $5 billio ...
Monday, 24 January 11
GOVT PROMISES COAL FOR PLN DESPITE PRICE SPIKES - THE JAKARTA POST
The Jakarta Post reported that, the government says state electricity company PT PLN will receive enough coal to fire its power plants, despite pric ...
Monday, 24 January 11
DRY BULK MARKETS DOWNTURN SEES NO RELIEF - NIKOS ROUSSANOGLOU, HELLENIC SHIPPING
The dry bulk market has kept falling for yet another week, with the industry’s benchmark, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) losing an additional 4.79 ...
Sunday, 23 January 11
THE AVERAGE CHARTER RATE FOR CAPE SIZE VESSELS WAS AT $ 8,859 PD ALMOST CLOSE TO 2008 LOWS - VISTAAR
COALspot.com - The BDI continues to drop and saw a drop of about 5 pct this week closing at 1,370 points. “ In May 2010 the BDI touched ...
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- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
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- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
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- PTC India Limited - India
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
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- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- White Energy Company Limited
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- Planning Commission, India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- The University of Queensland
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Australian Coal Association
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
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