Port Waratah Coal Services' two terminals at Newcastle port in eastern Australia had 21 ships waiting offshore on Sunday, down from 24 ships a week earlier, the Hunter Valley Coal Chain Coordinator said in a report.
The ship queue for the PWCS terminals is expected to be less than five by the end of September, HVCCC said Sunday.
The PWCS terminals shipped 1.68 million mt of coal exports in the week ended Sunday, down 0.54 million mt from a week earlier, and month-to-date exports totaled 0.93 million mt, the report showed.
Producers expect 8.3 million mt of coal to arrive at PWCS in September, and ships have so far been nominated to load 5.9 million mt for export. For October, arrivals at the PWCS terminals are forecast at 9 million mt, and for November 3.8 million mt.
Month-to-date coal exports via Newcastle port's railway totaled 1.43 million mt, HVCCC said.
Around 0.49 million mt of coal exports were shipped through the NCIG terminal at Newcastle month to date, according to S&P Global Platts data.
Carrington and Kooragang terminals at Port Waratah had combined stocks of 2.21 million mt available for export on Sunday, up 0.66 million on the previous week.
Meanwhile, Gladstone port had 12 ships in its vessel queue Monday, and an additional four ships were loading coal exports at the Queensland port's RG Tanna coal terminal, Gladstone Ports Corporation said.
