Dry bulk market: Coal imports so far in 2025
CHina coal imports have resigned so far in 2025. In its latest weekly report, Shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “In Jan -Jul 2025, the loading of global marine coal decreased with -6.3% yoy to 732.2 mln T (excluding Cabotage), based on data tracking data from AXS. down -3.1% yoy to 193.2 mln T.26.2% yoy to 25.5 mln T at the promise of 2025, from Canada up with +3.6% yoy to 29.3 mln T 2025, to South Korea -12.2% yoy to 56.6 mln t. Rising +2.2% yoy to 35.9 mln tons on Jan -Jul 2025, and to Turkey with +1.0% yoy to 22.0 mln T “.
Source: Bancha Costa
According to Banchero Costa, “mainland China is currently the largest marine coal importer in the world (including thermal and cocors), accounts for 26.5% of the global marine coal market in 2025. This is in front of India, which contributed 19.2% of the 1224 market share.
In Jan-Jul 2025, most of the volume of coal to China was loaded on Panamax ships (54.3%), with 21.4% on Supramax and Ultramax ships, 8.5% in post-Panamax and 12.3% in capsize tonnage. The top release port for coal imports to China on Jan-Jul 2025 is Machong (13.7 mln tons of coal in Jan-Jul 2025), Fangcheng (13.4 mln T), Qinzhou (9.8 mln T), Gaolan (8.8 mln T), Shanghai (8.0 mln T) (8.8 mln T), Shanghai (8.0 mlnu), Mln t) (8.8 mln t), Shanghai (8.0 mln (8.0 mln (8.0 mln (8.0 mln (8.0 mln (8.0 mln (8.0 mln T), 8.8 mln (8.8 mln (8.8 mln (8.8 mln (8.8 mln (8.8 mln (8.8 mln (8.8 mln (8.8 mln (8.8 mln (8.8 mln (8.8 mln T) t), haimen (5.6 mln t), ningbo (5.5 mln t), nanjing (5.0 mln t), chaozhou (5.0 mln T), Yuhuan (4.9 mln T) “.
Source: Bancha Costa
The ship added that “Indonesia is still the top supplier of coal to China which contributed 48.9% of China’s imports in the first 7 months of 2025. The arrival of Indonesia to China decreased with -21.8% yoy to 96.0 tons. MLN in January-Jul 2024, but very much from the coal-name in July 2, 2023 or 0.1 mln T in Jan-Jul 202 in July 2023 or 0.1 mln T on Jan-Jul 202 on 202.
Nikos Roussanoglou, Hellenic Shipping News worldwide
