Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, nonrenewable, an abundant natural resource that can be used for various purposes: - 

  • Generate Electricity 
  • Production of Steel 
  • Cement manufacturing  
  • Industrial processes 
  • Domestic use 
  • Production of coke for metallurgical processes 

The major exporting countries of various grades of coal are Indonesia, Australia, South Africa, Russia, USA. The total volume of coal that was exported in the year 2023 has reached an all-time high of about 1,466 MT and of which 80% of trade has been shifted towards the Asia Pacific region with strong demand from India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh. It is further estimated that China and India have increased their share to about 47% of global imports. 

Tanzania is another country with a huge reserve of good quality coal, the export volumes are relatively low due to high local transport costs and the maximum size of vessels that can be loaded is geared Supramax.

We work directly with the producers - miners, and exporters of various grades of coal and origin, thorough due diligence is done by our team to ascertain the quality of shippers and products before any spot | long-term cargo contracts are secured and finalized as to the requirements of the importer/end user.  

The years of experience gained in ocean shipping; terminal management & mining operations assist team Capricorn to perform seamless end-to-end transactions. 

The list of jobs performed by our team after the trade desk has concluded the contracts: - 

  • Supervision during mining & processing 
  • Quality test at mines 
  • Local transport to the port  
  • Stockpiling | warehousing 
  • Third-party inspection at the port 
  • Monitoring of daily reports 
  • Quality analysis at the terminal before loading 
  • Nomination of shipping agency, shipping schedule @ load | discharge port 
  • Charter party - competitive freight management   
  • Demurrage & laytime calculations @ load | discharge port 
  • Banking – payments  
  • Documentation    

Please write to us at sales@capricorn-singapore.com or connect with us on what’s app at +65 9621 0539 for product availability, SCoTA specifications and to receive firm offer/quote along with other T&C.