Coal Stockpiles at China's Main Ports Decline After 5 Weeks of Increase

Friday, Nov18,2011

Coal inventories at the four major harbors around Bohai Sea witnessed a fall after rising for five weeks in a row.

Coal stockpiles at the four major harbors decreased to 11.951 million tonnes in the week ending November 13, down 2.24 percent or 274,000 tonnes from 12.225 million tonnes in the previous week.

Coal Stocks at Major Ports around Bohai Sea During Nov.7-13, 2011

Port	Coal Stocks (in 10,000 tonnes)	Up/Down (in 10,000 tonnes)	Growth%
Qinhuangdao port	582.3	-29.2	-4.77
Jingtang port	190	5	2.7
SDIC Caofeidian port	205	2	0.98
Tianjin port	217.8	-5.2	-2.33

Industry sources said that coal stocks at the four ports will edge up next week given the weakening demand from downstream sectors and correspondingly thermal coal prices will show slight rise.

sourced steelhome.cn/en

North China ports see coal stocks up 10.18 pct

Feb 26,2011

Coal stockpiles at four major loading ports in northern China slightly surged 10.18 percent in the week from Feb 18 to 27, according to a report published by industry portal cqcoal.com.

As of Feb 27, a total of 16.24 million tonnes coal was stockpiled in ports of Qinhuangdao, SDIC Caofeidian, Jingtang and Tianjin ports, increasing 1.5 million tonnes from a week ago.

Qinhuangdao, China’s top loading port of the fuel, had 8.26 million tonnes coal in stock on Feb 27, jumping 11.33 percent or 841,000 tonnes from the previous week, data showed.

Meanwhile, coal stocks at ports of SDIC Caofeidian, Jingtang and Tianjin grew 5.77 percent, 16.87 percent and 6.08 percent to 2.38 million, 3.74 million and 1.86 million tonnes respectively, an increase of 130,000, 540,000 and 107,000 tonnes from a week ago, according to statistics.

Navigation at Qinhuangdao and Jingtang ports was closed for 47 and nearly 54 hours, 40 hours each for Caofeidian and Tianjin ports. Meanwhile, coal handled at these ports plunged.

(China Coal Resource, en.sxcoal)

Coal shipment in China: Jingtang port coal stocks drop below 3 Mt

News via en.sxcoal.com Jan 10, 2011
Coal stockpiled at Jingtang port, one of the major loading ports in northern China, declined to 2.99 million tonnes on Jan 9, falling 360,000 tonnes or 10.74% from a month ago, Qinhuangdao Seaborne Coal Market said in a report on its website (www.cqcoal.com).
Meanwhile, 7 vessels were being loaded, 22 ones waiting off, and another 10 expected, the report said.
Impacted by cold snaps, power plants increased coal shipment from the port to supplement inventories.
Since Jan, daily coal loading at Jingtang port averaged at 180,000 tonnes, and 150,000 tonnes coal was transported to the port by railway, according to the report.