Various charter-parties are used for coal carriage, based on geographical areas:
- From Australia: Australian Coal Charterparty AUSCOAL
- From USA/Canada/Australia: Americanised Welsh Coal Charterparty 1953 – Amended 1979 AMWELSH
- From South Africa : The Anthracite Producers Assn Charterpartyv1974 – SAF AN CHART No2
- From Poland: BIMCO Coal Voyage Charterparty 1971 (Revised 1976) POLCOAL VOY
- From Russia: Soviet Coal Charterparty 1962 for Coal, Coke and Coaltarpitch from the USSR (Layout 1971) SOVCOAL