Carrington Coal Terminal

Carrington Coal Terminal is located on 51 hectares of land in the Carrington suburb of Newcastle, NSW. Carrington Coal Terminal commenced operations in 1976 with an initial shiploading capacity of 16 million tonnes per year ('mtpa').  Subsequent expansions at Carrington increased shiploading capacity to its current level of 25 mtpa.

Operations

Coal can be received by rail and road although the majority of coal is delivered by rail through two rail receival facilities.  Vessels arriving at Carrington Coal Terminal are loaded utilising two shiploaders. Depending on the coal and vessel requirements, either single head or dual head shiploading may be used (single head being one shiploader loading one vessel per berth, dual head being two shiploaders loading one vessel at one berth).  All shiploaders and reclaimers have a capacity of 2,500 tonnes per hour ('tph'). Both the receival and the shiploading systems utilise surge bins as part of the process to maintain consistent throughput rates.

Carrington terminal capacity

Coal Receival

1 x 4,400 tph rail capacity
1 x 4,600 tph rail capacity
1 x 2,500 tph road capacity

Coal Stockpiles

4 x 1.0 kilometres x 40 metres
1,000,000 tonnes max capacity
600,000 tonnes working capacity

Coal Stacking

4 x 2,500 tph stacking capacity

Coal Loading

4 x 2,500 tph reclaiming capacity
2 x 2,500 tph shiploading capacity
1.4 – 2.4 metres wide, 2.75 – 5.0 m/sec conveyor belts

Berths

Berth space for 2 vessels
16.5 metres depth at berth
15.2 metres approach to channel

Vessel Capacity

180,000 dwt max
290 metres max length
47 metres max beam
20,000 dwt min capacity