Bituminous coal

FreightWaves Classics/Fallen Flags: The Virginian Railway profitably hauled coal 

A Virginian Railway freight train. (Photo: The Virginian Railway Facebook page)

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The Virginian Railway was a fairly small railroad (its main line was less than 500 miles), but it was built to extremely high standards and it “operated with precision-like efficiency” hauling coal as a competitor to the much larger Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W).  

The Virginian Railway's logo. (Image: The Virginian Railway's Facebook page)The Virginian...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsfallen-flags-the-virginian-railway-profitably-hauled-coal

Coal Ship Departures Climb on Week to Eight According to cFLOW

  • Eight laden ships depart Baltimore, up two on week based on cFLOW data. 
  • Nine ships expected to arrive by August 4. 
  • It was the first time in more than seven years that more thermal coal was exported out of Baltimore than metallurgical coal.

Eight laden coal ships departed from Baltimore in the week ended July 28, up from six in the previous week, reports S&P Global Platts on their website. 

Trade Flow software 

The data was compiled based on Platts’ trade flow software, cFlow. 

However, the...

http://mfame.guru/coal-ship-departures-climb-on-week-to-eight-according-to-cflow/

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