Weekly US coal ship departures totaled 42 in the week ended April 18, up from eight in the previous week, data from cFlow, Platts business-flow software, was shown.
The total of US Gulf Coast departures was 20, up four from the previous week and eight weeks high. Year after year, gulf departures were up to 11.
The departing coal carriers held 1.1 million dwt, up 32.8% from the previous week.
Nine coal carriers departed from the Gulf to Central America, three to the North Atlantic and one to the ARA, the Arabian Sea and the Gulfs, Canada, the Mediterranean, North Africa, North Asia, the Baltic Sea and the United Kingdom and the Continent.
Departures off the Atlantic coast jumped four times a week earlier, with 12 ships leaving in the most recent week. The total number of departures last year was seven in the corresponding week.
Ships carried 782,108 dwt, up 33.4 percent week after week.
Three ships sailed to ports in the North Atlantic, two to the United Kingdom & Continent, the Baltic Sea and Central America. One left for South East Asia, the Mediterranean and the ARA.
Ten coal carriers left the West Coast for the second week in a row and remained at a high of 21 weeks. Year after year, the departures were up to four.
In the last week, the departure ships carried 467,755 dwt, up 12.4 per cent from the previous week.
Four carriers left for ports in North Asia, three to Central America, two to Brazil and one to South East Asia.
