A spike in Japan's thermal coal imports in April was more a short-term push to accommodate new coal-fired power generation capacity coming online rather than any sign of a sustained long-term trend, according to a report by Macquarie ...
Tags: New Capacity, Thermal Coal Import
The ‘Road Ahead’ before the update. The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) will completely renew its well-travelled mobile road safety exhibition, the Road Ahead. The $1.3 million trailer will be redeveloped after being ...
Tags: Transport, Service, Travelling Road
Five unions representing Australian coal terminal employees have called for an eight-hour strike Friday at the Port Waratah Coal Services export facility, a company spokesman said Tuesday. The strike is expected to start at 6:30 a.m. ...
Tags: Coal Terminal, Chemicals
The federal government’s opening of the tender process for the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (as reported on Transport and Logistics News) has drawn praise from the rail industry, but also attracted criticism for its questionable ...
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Participants in the biggest Asian coal conference in Bali, Indonesia, in the first week of June will be eying whether China will continue to remain relatively passive in importing thermal coal, industry sources said Monday. Participants ...
Tags: thermal coal, Coaltrans Asia
Market reports that China's National Energy Administration is considering a proposal to outlaw the import of some grades of lower calorific thermal coal has been greeted with a mixture of consternation and disbelief by participants in the ...
Tags: Asia Market, Thermal Coal
Members of five trade unions employed at the Port Waratah Coal Services shipment facility for coal exports at Newcastle port in eastern Australia have called a four-hour strike next Wednesday in an escalation of their industrial dispute ...
Tags: PWCS, Coal Terminals
Children's radio station Fun Kids has been shortlisted as Radio Station of the Year at two awards ceremonies. The station - which targets the tween audience alongside programmes for younger children - broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio in ...
Coal exports from Newcastle port in eastern Australia were little changed at 2.97 million mt in the seven-day period ended 7 am Sydney time Monday, (2200 GMT Sunday), compared with 2.99 million mt in the previous seven days, Newcastle Port ...
Tags: Coal Exports, Chemicals
The Alliance for Supply Chain Innovation (ASCI) has signed a two-year research agreement worth over $800,000 with Ports Australia – supported by nine ports Australia-wide – into minimising the risks of moving vessels in port ...
Tags: ASCI, Major Project, Ports Australia
Greg Cameron A container terminal at Newcastle would be good for people living in northern NSW because the cost of transporting goods to and from the port will be lower, obviously, than with Port Botany. Low-cost access to a container ...
In the week ended May 6, coal shipments from the Port of Newcastle in Queensland, the coal producing state of Australia, totaled 3 million mt, according to Newcastle Port Corporation. The figure constitutes a decrease of one percent ...
Tags: Coal Exports, Newcastle Port
A majority of the 13 Hunter Valley coal producers using Port Waratah Coal Services' export facilities at Newcastle in eastern Australia have volunteered to cut their contracted capacity for coal shipments for the rest of this year, PWCS ...
Tags: Coal Producers, PWCS Terminals
Coal exports from the Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) terminals based at Port of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, totaled 9.5 million mt in April this year, rising by 15.4 percent compared to March, according to the company's ...
Tags: Coal Exports, Mineral
Ships bound for China loaded 2.09 million mt of coal from two terminals operated by Port Waratah Coal Services at Newcastle port in eastern Australia in April, up 10% from March, PWCS said Wednesday in an operations report. The April ...
Tags: Coal Exports, Newcastle PWCS