Houston—Weekly US coal ship departures totaled 27 for the week ended March 27, down seven from the previous week and down four from the year-ago week, data from cFlow, S&P Global Platts trade flow software showed March 30.
Departures hit a 28-week low, and the departing laden and part-laden ships carried approximately 1.9 million dwt, down 17.3% from the week before.Gulf Coast departures totaled 12, flat from the previous week. Year-on-year departures were down six.
The departing coal carriers held 745,007 dwt, down 8% from the previous week.
From the Gulf, four ships left to Central America, three to the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region, two to Brazil, and one each to North Africa, the Baltics, and the UK Continent.
Departures off the Atlantic Coast dropped six on the week to seven, but were up one from this time last year.
The ships carried 699,304 dwt, down 35.1% week on week.
Three carriers departed to the Mediterranean, while one each was directed toward the North Atlantic, South Africa, Southeast Asia and the UK Continent.
Eight coal carriers left from the West Coast, down one from the week before and up two from the year-ago week.
In the most recent week, the departing ships carried 474,991 dwt, up 13% from the previous week.
Six ships went to North Asia, while one each headed toward Central America and Oceania.
