Bad Weather Cuts Number of Coal Ships Leaving Australia's Newcastle Port

(Bloomberg) -- Bad weather in Newcastle, Australia,
the world's largest coal export port, cut the number of ships
that left the terminal last week to eight, pushing prices for the
fuel higher.

For the week ended June 16, five vessels headed for Japan,
and one each to Egypt, South Korea and Mexico, Newcastle Port
Corp. said in an e-mailed statement. For the week ended June 9,
13 ships departed, down from 20 a week earlier.


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