Carrington Coal Terminal

Carrington, located on 40 hectares in Newcastle NSW, began operating in 1976 with an initial shiploading capacity of 16 million tonnes per year.  Expansion at the Terminal has increased the shiploading capacity to 25 million tonnes per year.

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 the Carrington Terminal would preferably be loaded one at a time with two shiploaders or one shiploader per vessel at each berth to maximise capacity throughput.  All shiploaders and reclaimers have a capacity of 2,500 tph. Both the receival and the shiploading systems utilise surge bins as part of the process to maintain consistent throughput rates.

Coal Receival

1 x 4,400 and 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
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