By Aaron Clark, Kevin Varley and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — Seafarers stuck for months on vessels carrying Australian coal off China’s coast are trapped between authorities who won’t let them unload...

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China is set to allow a shipment of Australian coal into the country, according to a person familiar with the matter, despite a ban on such...

By Aaron Clark, Kevin Varley and Rajesh Kumar Singh (Bloomberg) — At least 20 giant bulk carriers are anchored off the Chinese port of Jingtang and unable to offload millions...

by Collin Eaton (Reuters) – A vessel hauling a shipment of coal from the United States switched its destination on Friday to South Korea from China, according to ship tracking...

JAKARTA, April 3 (Reuters) – Indonesia will postpone until 2020 trade rules requiring exporters of coal and crude palm oil to use only Indonesian-flagged vessels, Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto said,...

By Bernadette Christina Munthe JAKARTA, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Buyers of Indonesian coal are holding back orders of the fuel after the government issued new shipping rules for coal and crude...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Imports in March were estimated to have risen 80 percent to 24.73 million tonnes, according to mjunction data based on information from shipping companies, ports and other sources.

Commodity shipping costs matched a record low set 28 years ago as China’s slowing demand for coal and weaker bookings before the Asian country’s New Year holidays compounded a fleet glut.

“The single biggest issue is the oversupply of ships.”

Australian coal miners are shrugging off a global glut of the fuel, exporting a record 158.5 million tonnes in the January-September period from the key mining state of Queensland, industry figures showed.

Indian power and steel companies are importing shiploads of coal due to a severe shortage at home, leading to heavy congestion in one of the country's busiest ports that now has twice the number of vessels waiting than its available berths.

Port Metro Vancouver, Canada's largest port, said on Thursday it has approved a new facility to transfer coal from trains onto barges at Fraser Surrey Docks, a decision that followed lengthy public scrutiny over the project's environmental and health impact.

Qinhuangdao, home to China’s largest coal port that’s been called an indicator of Asia’s biggest economy, is set for record commodity deliveries over the next three years as urbanization boosts demand for the fuel