China's major transshipment port of Qinhuangdao has seen its coal outbound shipment return to a normal level since December 13 following few and even zero offtakes over December 10-11, as widespread strong winds disrupted cargo loading activity.

In the 24 hours to the early morning December 14, Qinhuangdao's coal handling volume reached 500,000 tonnes, far higher than zero on December 11 despite a slight drop from 540,000 tonnes in the previous day, Sxcoal's data showed.

Daily offtakes at Qinhuangdao port averaged 503,900 tonnes in December before the interruption, data showed.

Similarly, coal shipments at Caofeidian port rose to 638,000 tonnes on December 14 from 204,000 tonnes on December 11, while that of Jingtang port stood at 376,000 tonnes on the same day, up from 31,000 tonnes on December 11.

The recovery of coal outflows at north China ports contributed to a decline in coal stocks at these northern China ports, with stocks at Qinhuangdao port falling from a high of 7.38 million tonnes on December 12 to 7.15 million tonnes on December 14.

Coal stockpiles at the other two ports of Caofeidian and Jingtang were registered at 13.18 million and 7.39 million tonnes respectively, down 0.93% and 1.55% from that on December 12.

(Writing by Riley Liang  Editing by Harry Huo)
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