Weekly US coal ship departures totaled 42 in the week ended April 18, up eight from the previous week, data from cFlow, Platts trade-flow software, showed. Departures dropped to an eight-week high, and from the year-ago week they were up 20. The departing laden and part-laden ships carried over 2.3 million dwt, up 28.4% from the week before. US Gulf Coast departures totaled 20, up four from the previous week and at an eight-week high. Year on year, gulf departures were up 11. The departing coal carriers held 1.1 million dwt, up 32.8% from the previous week. From the gulf, nine coal carriers departed towards Central America, three to the North Atlantic, and one each to the ARA, the Arabian Sea and Gulfs, Canada, the Mediterranean, North Africa, North Asia, the Baltic Sea and the […]