China plans coal import ban at some ports
Even though there has no an official notice from Chinese government till now, but we've checked with each port and confirmed that below ports are not to allowed to accept imported coal.
1. Datang Ningde Port,
2. Huadian Kemen Port,
3. Dongwu Port,
4. Shanghai Luojing Port,
5. Huarun Shantou Port,
6. Huilai Port,
7. Huarun Nansha Port,
8. Guangzhou Xiji, Port,
9. Guodian Ledong Port can only accept Chinese flag vessel to berth and discharge if it’s imported coal
10. Fangchenggang Port, only Customs supervision stock yards are allowed to accept imported coal.
The effect falls most in ports across Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces.
11. Qingdao Dongjiakou terminal is also permitted for discharging coal.
(FYI. there is a vsl intended to call Dongjiakou initially, and changed to Qingdao Xigang for discharging)
Meantime, Fuzhou adds difficulty to Customs Clearance.
1, CIQ is necessary,
2, More casual inspection and samples will be sent to Guangzhou lab.
3, Full set of original loading port certs is necessary.
We will keep closely monitoring this issue and update if there's further news.