In what is described as a significant development of growth in the shipping and freight derivatives market, the UK's Baltic Exchange is launching a new coal route for 70,000t coal from Richards Bay to ARA port.
The new route is in response to the demand from the industry, including coal traders/owners and operators to have a representative coal route for them to trade and hedge their freight exposure....
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Approx 160 words from CoalTrans International, May 2001,
page 4.