China Qinhuangdao Port's weekly inbound coal railings down 0.4% on week

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Qinhuangdao Port in northern China received 4.975 million mt of coal by rail in the week to January 15, down 19,000 mt or 0.4% from the previous week, the port said in a statement Monday. Meanwhile, the port shipped out 4.902 million mt of coal in the week to January 15, up 467,000 mt or 10.4% week on week.

Qinhuangdao Port held 6.995 million mt of coal as of January 15, up 73,000 mt or 1.1% from a week ago, Platts reported previously. The number of vessels queuing at the port fell 11% week on week to 89 on January 15.

Source: Platts