Australian coal exports fell in 2025

COAL exports from Australia, the second largest sea exporter has fallen so far. In its latest weekly report, Banchero Costa ships said that “In Jan -Jun 2025, the loading of coal Seaborne Global decreased by -7.9% yoy to 619.2 mln T (not including cabotage), based on the Whens from Axs Marine. In 2 -jun 2025, exported from Indonesia from Indonesia from Axs Marine. -14. T increased by +5.8% yoy to 20.2 mln T, and to Bangladesh with +48.4% yoy to 7.7 mln T “.

Source: Bancha Costa

According to Banchero Costa, “Australia is the second largest coal exporter worldwide, with 26.0% of global marine coal exports in January-December 2024, quite far behind Indonesia which has 38.8% share in Jan-Des 2024. Coal shipping from Australia was previously affected in 2021-2022 by the state that was denied by the state that was disputed by the state which was denied by the state which was disputed by the country Australia in the country that was denied by Australia which was denied drastically 2024, shipping increases further with +3.5% yoy to 356.1 mln tons “.

The Shipbroker added that “The main coal export terminals in Australia are newcastle (66.0 mln tonnes loaded in jan-jun 2025), Gladstone (30.1 mln T), DalryMple Bay (26.6.6 mln T), Hay Point (17.6 mln T), Abbot Point (15.3 mln T) t), Brisbane (2.8 mln T), Port Hedland (05 mln T).

Source: Bancha Costa

“There has been a pretty extraordinary reshuffle in terms of trading patterns over the past few years, driven by political considerations. Coal exports from Australia to mainland China jumped +51.4% Yo-y on Jan-Des 2024, to 84.8 mln tons, from 56.0 mln T in 2023. Let’s remember in 2022, from 56.0 mln T in 2023. 2022, “MLN Ton,” MLN Tonnes, “MLN Ton,” MLN Tonnes, “Nawn Tonnes,” Nawn Tonnes, “Nawn Ton. To China. Ton to Japan, down -10.5% Yoy, with Japan now accounted for 26.8% of Australian coal exports.
Nikos Roussanoglou, Hellenic Shipping News worldwide