By Timothy Gardner and Nina Chestney WASHINGTON/LONDON July 28 (Reuters) - U.S. coal exports have jumped more than 60 percent this year due to soaring demand from Europe and Asia, according to a Reuters review of government data, allowing President Donald Trump's administration to claim that efforts to revive the battered industry are working. The increased shipments came as … [Read more...]
Indonesia Port Disruptions Cause Coal Shipping Delays
By Fergus Jensen and Henning Gloystein JAKARTA/SINGAPORE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Loading disruptions at ports in East and South Kalimantan on the Indonesian side of Borneo island are causing a coal supply shortage in one of the world's most important export regions, causing delays as ships wait to take on new cargoes. Shipping data in Thomson Reuters Eikon and port loading … [Read more...]
Indonesia Says Coal On Hold for Philippines After 7 Sailors Abducted
By Kanupriya Kapoor and Manuel Mogato JAKARTA/MANILA June 24 (Reuters) - Indonesia said on Friday a halt on coal shipments to the Philippines will remain in place until Manila can secure its waters after seven Indonesian sailors were kidnapped, the latest in a string of abductions. Philippine authorities could not immediately confirm the hostage-taking but said a Filipino … [Read more...]
The Coal Loophole: Doubts on China’s Will to Enforce North Korea Sanctions
By Megha Rajagopalan BEIJING, March 18 (Reuters) - Over two weeks after the United Nations slapped harsh new sanctions on North Korea, several Chinese shipping and trade sources say they have not been told of any curbs on the import of coal from the isolated nation - a lifeline for its struggling economy. China accounts for about 90 percent of North Korea's trade and its … [Read more...]
China coal imports slump 41%
BEIJING, June 8 (Reuters) - China's coal imports slumped 41 percent in May from a year earlier to 14.25 million tonnes and were down sharply on April despite industry expectations of a pick-up in seasonal demand, data showed on Monday. Total imports in the first five months of the year reached 83.26 million tonnes, down 38.2 percent compared with the previous year, according … [Read more...]
Storm Shuts Down World’s Biggest Coal Port
MELBOURNE, April 22 (Reuters) - Australia's Newcastle port, the world's biggest coal export port, has stopped all ship movements due to a cyclonic storm lashing the country's east coast, a port spokeswoman said on Wednesday. "Due to the weather event, no shipping movements occurred yesterday and port operations also paused," the spokeswoman said. "No shipping movements have … [Read more...]
Three Dockworkers Killed While Unloading Coal at Port of Antwerp
Three dockworkers were killed last Saturday at the Port of Antwerp after unloading coal from an open hatch cargo ship. The three workers were reported to have suffocated when they entered the open cargo hold of the Hong Kong-flagged MV Saga Frontier to clean it. The three killed were all said to be experienced dockworkers. Local media reported Thursday that investigators … [Read more...]