Fewer firms allowed to ship coal through Australia’s Port Waratah terminals

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Perth—Port Waratah Coal Services is changing the number of companies able to ship coal exports through its two coal terminals at Newcastle port in eastern Australia from January, with some market sources saying the number of PWCS coal shippers could fall to as few as eight. To qualify for an export allocation next year in the PWCSoperated terminals — the largest coal exports facility in Australia — companies will have to ship at least 1 million mt of coal exports in the 2013 calendar year, and up from last year’s volume requirement of 500,000 mt, said market sources.