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Saturday, 20 February 10
THE FREIGHT MARKET CONTINUED TO BE SOFT THIS WEEK - CAPT. REDDY
 COALspot.com: The freight market continued to be soft this week as still affect of Chinese new year holidays continue. However the index overall had gone up and the charter rates was up. Spot Supramax vessel opening far east were seen getting around US$ 14,000 per day and for short period around US$ 22,000 per day.
Handy size vessels in the far east were seen fixed around US$ 10/11000 per day. The cargoes out of Indonesia were very few and congestion was seen at most of the Indonesian ports. Even in Australia the loading has been affected due to bad weather.
Baltic dry index changes (As of 19 Feb 2010).
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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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2714
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2571
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143 ↑
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5.56
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Baltic Cape Index
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3517
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3259
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258 ↑
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7.92
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Baltic Panamax Index
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3179
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3028
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151 ↑
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4.98
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Baltic Supra Index
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2077
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2048
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29 ↑
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1.42
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Baltic Handy size Index
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1055
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1038
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17 ↑
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1.64
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The average charter hire was at Cape US$ 32,918 per day, Panamax US$ 25,579 per day, Supramax US$ 21,720 per day and Handy size US$ 15,441 per day.
The Supramax index in the far east (S6 route) firmed up slightly and was up by US$ 882 per day and closed at US$ 15,880 per day. Next week expected to go up further.
The ECI/China (S7) route moved up sharply and closed at US$ 26,950 per day. Ships from WC India to china were seen being fixed at healthy levels at around US$ 35,000 per day.
Supramax charter rates for one year is around US$ 19,000 per day.
THREE YEARS FUTURE
The futures for three years (2010-2012) remained unchanged and was at around Cape US$ 29,000 per day, Panamax US$ 19,000 per day, Supramax US$ 16,000 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 143 vessels (last week 148 vessels). The congestion increased due to bad weather and some shippers declaring force majeure. 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 24 vessels (last week 22 vessels). The waiting at Indian ports for coal vessels was quite normal around 3/4 days.
CRUDE OIL
The crude prices firmed up this week and the Brent crude prices was up by almost US$ 6 per barrel and closed at US$ 78.37 per barrel (last week US$ 72.90 per barrel). The prices of bunkers also was up at US$ 450 pmts (IFO 380 CST ex Singapore) on 19th Feb 2010.
FREIGHT FORECAST
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Saturday, 20 March 10
NO MAJOR CHANGES ON SUPRAMAX MARKET FOR NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS - VISTAAR
COALspot.com: “The dry bulk freight market continued to be firm on the Panamax and Supramax and Handy size vessels”, said Capt. Reddy MD ...
Friday, 19 March 10
COAL INDIA TO HIT CAPITAL MARKETS IN JULY
India’s largest coal producer, Coal India Ltd (CIL), expects to hit the capital markets by July, company chairman Partha S. Bhattacharyya said ...
Thursday, 18 March 10
COAL IMPORTS SOAR IN NANTONG PORT OF JIANGSU PROVINCE CHINA
BloombergUTV reported that, Coal imports at Nantong Port, located in coastal China's Jiangsu Province, soared 13 times to 581,000 tonnes in the fir ...
Thursday, 18 March 10
INNER MONGOLIA TO CAP COAL OUTPUT AT 700 MLN TONS IN 2010
Alibaba / China Knowledge reported that, Inner Mongolia, China's northern border autonomous region, plans to control coal output at 700 million ton ...
Thursday, 18 March 10
THE INDIAN MARKET WAS QUIET, BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIGHT TONNAGE SITUATION STILL FIRM - FEARNLEYS AS
Handy
Activity continues to be solid in the Atlantic.
Supramax physical market is strong which pushed the BSI to a 17 month high at ...
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- Mintek Dendrill Indonesia
- The University of Queensland
- Interocean Group of Companies - India
- CNBM International Corporation - China
- Eastern Energy - Thailand
- IHS Mccloskey Coal Group - USA
- White Energy Company Limited
- TeaM Sual Corporation - Philippines
- Straits Asia Resources Limited - Singapore
- Cement Manufacturers Association - India
- Energy Development Corp, Philippines
- Bangladesh Power Developement Board
- Energy Link Ltd, New Zealand
- Dr Ramakrishna Prasad Power Pvt Ltd - India
- Sakthi Sugars Limited - India
- Vijayanagar Sugar Pvt Ltd - India
- Eastern Coal Council - USA
- Salva Resources Pvt Ltd - India
- Standard Chartered Bank - UAE
- Goldman Sachs - Singapore
- Indonesian Coal Mining Association
- Kobexindo Tractors - Indoneisa
- Aboitiz Power Corporation - Philippines
- CIMB Investment Bank - Malaysia
- Ind-Barath Power Infra Limited - India
- Kalimantan Lumbung Energi - Indonesia
- Metalloyd Limited - United Kingdom
- Kapuas Tunggal Persada - Indonesia
- GN Power Mariveles Coal Plant, Philippines
- GMR Energy Limited - India
- Barasentosa Lestari - Indonesia
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd
- Orica Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Central Java Power - Indonesia
- Semirara Mining and Power Corporation, Philippines
- OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd - India
- Merrill Lynch Commodities Europe
- Bahari Cakrawala Sebuku - Indonesia
- Siam City Cement PLC, Thailand
- Electricity Authority, New Zealand
- International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd - India
- Vedanta Resources Plc - India
- Timah Investasi Mineral - Indoneisa
- Economic Council, Georgia
- Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd - Australia
- Heidelberg Cement - Germany
- Binh Thuan Hamico - Vietnam
- Pendopo Energi Batubara - Indonesia
- PTC India Limited - India
- Star Paper Mills Limited - India
- Global Green Power PLC Corporation, Philippines
- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- GAC Shipping (India) Pvt Ltd
- Price Waterhouse Coopers - Russia
- Wilmar Investment Holdings
- Petron Corporation, Philippines
- Coalindo Energy - Indonesia
- Altura Mining Limited, Indonesia
- SN Aboitiz Power Inc, Philippines
- The Treasury - Australian Government
- Antam Resourcindo - Indonesia
- ICICI Bank Limited - India
- Parry Sugars Refinery, India
- Meenaskhi Energy Private Limited - India
- Central Electricity Authority - India
- Orica Mining Services - Indonesia
- Ceylon Electricity Board - Sri Lanka
- Romanian Commodities Exchange
- Kepco SPC Power Corporation, Philippines
- Globalindo Alam Lestari - Indonesia
- Kohat Cement Company Ltd. - Pakistan
- Maheswari Brothers Coal Limited - India
- Simpson Spence & Young - Indonesia
- Riau Bara Harum - Indonesia
- Port Waratah Coal Services - Australia
- Malabar Cements Ltd - India
- Cigading International Bulk Terminal - Indonesia
- The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd
- Ministry of Finance - Indonesia
- Sical Logistics Limited - India
- Australian Commodity Traders Exchange
- Kartika Selabumi Mining - Indonesia
- Grasim Industreis Ltd - India
- Essar Steel Hazira Ltd - India
- Filglen & Citicon Mining (HK) Ltd - Hong Kong
- Baramulti Group, Indonesia
- Bhoruka Overseas - Indonesia
- Wood Mackenzie - Singapore
- Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India
- Samtan Co., Ltd - South Korea
- Minerals Council of Australia
- Mercuria Energy - Indonesia
- Georgia Ports Authority, United States
- South Luzon Thermal Energy Corporation
- LBH Netherlands Bv - Netherlands
- Holcim Trading Pte Ltd - Singapore
- Parliament of New Zealand
- Bharathi Cement Corporation - India
- Indo Tambangraya Megah - Indonesia
- GVK Power & Infra Limited - India
- Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission - India
- Carbofer General Trading SA - India
- Ambuja Cements Ltd - India
- Rio Tinto Coal - Australia
- Borneo Indobara - Indonesia
- Sree Jayajothi Cements Limited - India
- Meralco Power Generation, Philippines
- Sinarmas Energy and Mining - Indonesia
- Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan
- Jaiprakash Power Ventures ltd
- Offshore Bulk Terminal Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Truba Alam Manunggal Engineering.Tbk - Indonesia
- Planning Commission, India
- PNOC Exploration Corporation - Philippines
- Formosa Plastics Group - Taiwan
- TNB Fuel Sdn Bhd - Malaysia
- Bayan Resources Tbk. - Indonesia
- European Bulk Services B.V. - Netherlands
- Aditya Birla Group - India
- Sarangani Energy Corporation, Philippines
- Latin American Coal - Colombia
- India Bulls Power Limited - India
- Dalmia Cement Bharat India
- Commonwealth Bank - Australia
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, - India
- Siam City Cement - Thailand
- SMG Consultants - Indonesia
- Madhucon Powers Ltd - India
- Australian Coal Association
- Jorong Barutama Greston.PT - Indonesia
- Miang Besar Coal Terminal - Indonesia
- Oldendorff Carriers - Singapore
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement - India
- New Zealand Coal & Carbon
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - India
- Agrawal Coal Company - India
- Pipit Mutiara Jaya. PT, Indonesia
- Global Business Power Corporation, Philippines
- Bukit Baiduri Energy - Indonesia
- Tata Chemicals Ltd - India
- Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd - India
- Attock Cement Pakistan Limited
- Tamil Nadu electricity Board
- Deloitte Consulting - India
- Billiton Holdings Pty Ltd - Australia
- Karbindo Abesyapradhi - Indoneisa
- Jindal Steel & Power Ltd - India
- Coal and Oil Company - UAE
- PetroVietnam Power Coal Import and Supply Company
- Posco Energy - South Korea
- Bulk Trading Sa - Switzerland
- Global Coal Blending Company Limited - Australia
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Singapore Mercantile Exchange
- San Jose City I Power Corp, Philippines
- Makarim & Taira - Indonesia
- Trasteel International SA, Italy
- Medco Energi Mining Internasional
- Iligan Light & Power Inc, Philippines
- Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence - India
- Lanco Infratech Ltd - India
- Mercator Lines Limited - India
- Kaltim Prima Coal - Indonesia
- Mjunction Services Limited - India
- Intertek Mineral Services - Indonesia
- Larsen & Toubro Limited - India
- Independent Power Producers Association of India
- Indika Energy - Indonesia
- VISA Power Limited - India
- Therma Luzon, Inc, Philippines
- Semirara Mining Corp, Philippines
- Anglo American - United Kingdom
- MS Steel International - UAE
- Xindia Steels Limited - India
- Banpu Public Company Limited - Thailand
- Chamber of Mines of South Africa
- Sojitz Corporation - Japan
- Uttam Galva Steels Limited - India
- Asia Pacific Energy Resources Ventures Inc, Philippines
- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corp Ltd - India
- Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd. - India
- Bhatia International Limited - India
- Renaissance Capital - South Africa
- Indian Energy Exchange, India
- Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk - Indonesia
- Coastal Gujarat Power Limited - India
- Alfred C Toepfer International GmbH - Germany
- Directorate General of MIneral and Coal - Indonesia
- PowerSource Philippines DevCo
- London Commodity Brokers - England
- AsiaOL BioFuels Corp., Philippines
- Bukit Makmur.PT - Indonesia
- Africa Commodities Group - South Africa
- Sindya Power Generating Company Private Ltd
- Edison Trading Spa - Italy
- Ministry of Mines - Canada
- McConnell Dowell - Australia
- ASAPP Information Group - India
- Bhushan Steel Limited - India
- Petrochimia International Co. Ltd.- Taiwan
- Kumho Petrochemical, South Korea
- Thiess Contractors Indonesia
- Savvy Resources Ltd - HongKong
- Videocon Industries ltd - India
- Dong Bac Coal Mineral Investment Coporation - Vietnam
- Asmin Koalindo Tuhup - Indonesia
- Kideco Jaya Agung - Indonesia
- Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd - India
- Marubeni Corporation - India
- SMC Global Power, Philippines
- Manunggal Multi Energi - Indonesia
- Indogreen Group - Indonesia
- IEA Clean Coal Centre - UK
- Ministry of Transport, Egypt
- Vizag Seaport Private Limited - India
- Thai Mozambique Logistica
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