This week (June 23-June 29), domestic coal prices in the coastal experience for three consecutive weeks to 2 yuan / ton was up, it begins to stabilize. Weakened market demand for coal port, Qinhuangdao coal prices to remain stable for two weeks.
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According to the shipping of coal - June 29 message, the Bohai Sea thermal coal price index for overall average price of $ 843 / tonne, unchanged from last week, after the end of a 14-week streak of gains. Prior to 14 weeks, the overall price index rose 76 yuan / ton, or 9.91%.
Domestic coastal coal prices steady for the first time more than three months, the Bohai Sea region also reflects the overall coal supply and demand remain relatively balanced situation, the northern port power coal prices rose significantly decreased. Qinhuangdao Port coal closing market price remained stable for two consecutive weeks, the Qinhuangdao Port coal 5000,5500,5800 kcal heat-date market price still high, 755 yuan / ton, 850 yuan / ton and 900 yuan / ton.
Domestic coal supply and demand relations have maintained stable, much to stabilize coal prices trend. It is reported that last week, reduced domestic coal prices rose 0.4 percentage points to 0.1%, analysts said the main coal producing areas to maintain a rapid growth, increased market supply will protect the coal demand. 1-5 months, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and the respective output of 361 million tons of coal and 330.08 million tons, an increase of 32.7% and 19.6%.
The main power plant coal prices in eastern China after the end of ten days up to 8 period streak of gains, but also makes the downstream coal businesses purchase Redu has cooled, as of June 20, east along the main power plant coal storage has risen to 217 tons, two months rose more than 70 million tons, an increase of nearly 50%. Coal power plants to improve the environment, conducive to the promotion of local coal supply and demand stable.
China's current weak demand in the downstream energy market, companies to stop purchasing, making Qinhuangdao Port, Tianjin Port and other commodities mainly imported from overseas to undertake the important port near the North have suffered different degrees of pressure port phenomena, apparent domestic business capital chain tension.
Increase in port throughput
It is reported, continue closed by the Air port fog effects, the northern port of coal stocks rebound sharply. Qinhuangdao Port coal stockpiles day this week, remained at 7.054 million tons or so, ring the previous week (5.943 million tons) rose 18.7%. As of June 28, Qinhuangdao Port coal stockpiles amount of 7.021 million tons the previous week over the same period increased by 14.6 million tons; Jingtang Port coal stocks of 285 million tons of stored coal Caofeidian port 1.68 million tons, the three ports Total coal stocks ring up 516,000 tons, an increase of 4.68% to 11.551 million tons.
Though the northern port of rapid recovery of coal stocks have closed the port support navigation and other factors, but roughly the same port needs more early, and coal stocks higher in early than 1 million tons, showing that closed the port coal stockpiles rise to support aircraft accounted for ratio is not obvious, the port has been significantly improved coal resources and the environment, stabilize the latter part of the domestic coastal coal prices trend evident.
This amount transferred from the port of coal railway will be evident this week transferred Qinhuangdao Port coal rail capacity of 5.257 million tons, last week increased by 31 million tons of rail to increase its support for the port, the port of coal resources are effectively added. The amount transferred out of the port closure due to flight and did not decline this week, Qinhuangdao Port coal shipped 5.115 million tons, greatly increased 1.269 million tons last week, an increase of over 33%. Air port in the limit, when the aircraft accelerated closure of coal transit efficiency, and ensure the safety of the ship out of Hong Kong under the premise of orderly.
Increasing ship port Anchorage, Anchorage Qinhuangdao Port this week remained at 134 ships daily, weekly increase in the chain 22, an increase of 19.65%; June 24, Qinhuangdao Port anchorage vessels 145, Anchorage refresh again in June, the highest number of vessels.
Shipping market downturn
June 29, the Shanghai Stock Exchange issued China's coastal shipping of coal freight index fell 1.1 percentage points qoq to close at 1722.17 points. Tianjin Port to the port of Ningbo ship 05,000 tons of coal freight chain fell 2 yuan / ton, down 3.57% to 54 yuan / ton; Qinhuangdao, Guangzhou, Hong Kong Hong Kong 4-5 to ten thousand tons of coal sea freight ship to continue to decline 2 yuan / ton or 3.33 % to 58 yuan / ton.
On the same day, from Qinhuangdao coal network monitoring Bohai sea freight coal port group revealed that of the mainstream of the sea freight to ship coal declined. As of June 29, Qinhuangdao Port 2-3 million tons ship to Shanghai, Zhangjiagang direction of coal freight for three weeks after the end of the stable situation, fell to 50 yuan / ton to 52 yuan / ton, the direction of Hong Kong to Guangzhou sea ​​freight to keep coal in the last week 80 yuan / ton price level.
Chinese struggle to the international shipping price or the right to speak, before Shanghai Trading Co., Ltd. formal opening of shipping freight, international shipping industry in the long-term export container freight for the first time showed the "China price", this may bring to the global shipping market pricing more choice, refer to the previous major global shipping index Baltic BDI.
In addition, seaborne coal market by the establishment of Qinhuangdao coal price index is also shipping a solid to a steady, China import and export of the major trading nations in the shipping market position will be substantially improved. (Zeng Bo)