Coal Stockpiles at China main ports rebound to 13 million tonnes

Wednesday, 23 Nov 2011

Coal inventories at the four major harbors around Bohai Sea increased to 13.877 million tonnes due to severe weather in the week ending November 20 up by 16.11% or 1.926 million tonnes marking the highest growth at record.

Coal Stocks at Major Ports around Bohai Sea during November 14 to 20 2011

Port	Coal Stocks	Up/Down	Growth%
Qinhuangdao port	687	104.7	17.98
Jingtang port	226	36	18.94
SDIC Caofeidian port	240	35	17.07
Tianjin port	234.7	16.9	7.75

(In 10,000 tonnes)

Industry sources said that coal stocks at the four ports will fall slightly once weather turns better and thermal coal prices are expected to edge down accordingly.

(source: steelhome.cn/en)

North China ports see coal stocks drop to 14.61 Million tonnes coal

Source:en.sxcoal.com Jan 14, 2011

Coal stockpiles at four major loading ports in northern China further dropped in the week from Jan 7 to 13, falling for the fourth consecutive week, as power plants began to replenish inventory for the Spring Festival and less inflows from suppliers, according to Qinhuangdao Seaborne Coal Market..
As of Jan 13, a total of 14.61 million tonnes coal was stockpiled in ports of Qinhuangdao, SDIC Cafeidian, Jingtang and Tianjin, falling 824,000 tonnes or 5.34% from a week ago.
The stockpile was a decrease of 2.29 million tonnes from 16.9 million tonnes on Dec 16, 2010,
Qinhuagndao, China’s top loading port of the fuel, had 6.92 million tonnes coal in stock on Jan 13, reducing 10,000 tonnes or 0.14% from a week before, data showed.
Meanwhile, coal stocks at ports of SDIC Cafeidian, Jingtang and Tianjing, fell 12.79%, 6.66% and 10.48% from a week ago to 1.84 million, 2.94 million and 2.85 million tonnes, respectively, according to statistics.

Recently, sleets and freezing temperature in parts of southern China has boosted electricity demand and power plants are sending vessels to load coal at northern ports to build up stockpiles before the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 3 this year.