Washington (Platts)--20Dec2013/538 pm EST/2238 GMT

November coal traffic on the Great Lakes totaled 2,675,065 short tons, down 4.1% from October and down 7.3% from a year ago, according to data from the Lake Carriers' Association.

Year-to-date coal shipments on the lakes total 22.4 million st, down 2.7% compared with last year.

The Cleveland-based association does not comment on its monthly coal figures, released Thursday.

The largest terminal on the lake, the Midwest Energy Terminal in Superior, Wisconsin, shipped 1,556,945 st in November, down 4.9% from the prior month and down 6.5% from a year ago.
Europe-bound exports from the terminal totaled 129,000 st in November, up 5.7% from October. Year-ago comparisons were not immediately available.

Year-to-date coal exports from Superior total 1,504,000 st, up 20.1% from the same period last year, according to the association.

Thunder Bay Terminals, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, shipped 33,382 st in November, down 33.1% from October and down 61.5% from October 2012. The terminal ships metallurgical and thermal coal from Canada.

In Chicago, the KCBX terminal, which primarily ships petroleum coke, shipped 313,860 st in November, down 23.8% from October and down 11.6% from the year-ago month.

The Lake Erie terminals -- Toledo, Sandusky and Ashtabula, all in Ohio -- combined to ship 770,878 st in November, up 11.7% from October and down 1% from October 2012.

--Andrew Moore, andrew.moore@platts.com
--Edited by Jason Lindquist, jason.lindquist@platts.com

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