CANBERRA: Twenty one ships are set to load coal export cargoes at Australia’s port of Newcastle this week, down from 34 a week ago and the lowest weekly number for 13 months, the Port Authority of New South Wales said Monday.
There are 21 vessels with a notified arrival time allocated and in transit,” said the port authority in a report at 7 am Sydney time (2100 GMT).
The last time Newcastle’s shipping queue dipped below 20 ships was in mid-August 2014 at eight, although it quickly recovered to 40 by month’s end.
An additional 13 ships were waiting off the port at anchor for a loading berth in the port this week, and another eight were berthed and taking on coal cargoes at Newcastle port, according to the report.
