Australia Newcastle coal exports jump, queues down

PERTH, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Coal exports at Australia's
Newcastle port, the world's largest coal export terminal,
jumped to a seven-month high in the latest week, as a backlog
of shipments were sent following improved production at the
mines.

Exports from the eastern coast port, which ships mostly
thermal coal used in power generation, jumped 21.8 percent to
2.13 million tonnes in the week to Aug. 10, the highest since
January, port data showed on Tuesday.

Vessel queues eased by six to 31, while the number of days
vessels had to wait to load coal fell by four to an average
12.7, thanks to a new export quota system that kicked in last
month.

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Vessel queues are expected to be in the low 30's at the end
of August, Hunter Valley Coal Chain Logistics Team, which
coordinates coal movements from the mine to the port, said on
its Web site.

The logistics operator said of the vessels waiting in the
queue, only six of them have coal availability issues, compared
with 14 a week ago.

SHIPPED FULL MTH EST ARR. WAIT TIME STORE WEEK
TO

(mln T) (mln T) (ships) (days) (T)

2.126 7.400 25 12.73 1,043,693 Aug
10

1.745 7.400 20 16.16 1,323,381 Aug
3

1.943 7.700 24 12.35 980,116 July
27

1.948 7.700 23 14.7 1,117,902 July
20

2.053 7.700 25 12.7 1,154,250 July
13

1.857 7.700 24 11.7 1,375,433 July
06

1.695 7.900 20 14.3 1,557,659 June
29

1.518 7.900 18 13.4 1,435,596 June
22

1.796 7.900 21 11.1 1,236,966 June
15

1.903 7.550 21 9.7 1,495,805 June
1

1.585 7.550 18 9.7 1,348,978 May
25

1.530 7.550 19 12.8 1,156,776 May
18

1.405 7.800 17 9.6 1,233,392 May
11

2.010 7.800 23 8.8 1,233,400 May
03

1.705 7.800 19 11.4 1,346,200 Apr
26

1.653 7.800 21 8.8 1,065,532 Apr
20

1.008 7.800 13 9.2 1,012,111 Apr
12

1.198 7.800 14 9.1 632,060 Apr
06

1.455 7.200 14 7.0 671,541 Mar
30

1.853 7.200 21 6.4 1,230,672 Mar
23

1.557 7.200 19 5.4 1,009,355 Mar
16

1.721 7.200 17 4.5 1,159,267 Mar
09

1.678 7.200 19 8.3 974,751 Mar
02

1.822 7.094 21 5.1 1,195,604 Feb
22

1.383 7.094 17 8.7 1,216,866 Feb
16

1.845 7.094 20 5.3 1,032,065 Feb
09

1.333 7.094 16 8.1 1,165,571 Feb
02

1.859 8.400 23 8.0 977,798 Jan
26

1.916 8.400 21 10.3 920,696 Jan
19

1.812 8.100 23 11.2 920,696 Jan
11

2.406 8.400 22 15.9 868,529 Jan
5

2.090 8.100 23 13.22 1,201,169 Dec
22

1.709 7.600 24 14.03 1,064,268 Dec
12

1.662 7.600 19 12.58 1,111,804 Dec
8

1.908 7.600 20 11.69 1,093,895 Dec
1

1.197 7.600 15 9.26 1,076,528 Nov
24

1.634 7.600 20 8.67 850,742 Nov
17

1.973 7.600 22 7.8 786,109 Nov
10
(Reporting by Fayen Wong)