Australian port ships least Dec coal in decade

摘要

Australia’s 102mn t/yr Gladstone port in Queensland shipped the least coal in a December since 2012, as throughput re- mained depressed despite long queues of ships waiting to load. Gladstone shipped 5.91mn t of coal in December, up from 5.58mn t in November but down from 6.07mn t in December 2020 and a recent high of 6.68mn t in June, according to data from Gladstone Ports (GPCL). This was the fourth month in a row that Gladstone shipped less than 6mn t/month and the frst time it has shipped less than 6mn t/month in December since 2012. December is usually a strong shipping month, as produc- ers look to complete sales ahead of the end of the fnancial year and the ramp-up of the wet and cyclone season from January.