You are here
Home | Shipping | Heavylift | Video: Port of Newcastle Receives Big Cargo

Video: Port of Newcastle Receives Big Cargo

One of the largest single pieces of machinery to be brought into the Port of Newcastle, Australia arrived this weekend.

At over 62 metres high and weighing 750 tonnes, the $35 million bulk shipunloader is set to become a prominent part of Newcastle’s maritime landscape as the port diversifies.

Specialist heavy lift ship, the 19,000-tonne HAPPY STAR, delivered the important cargo ahead of a meticulously planned operation to safely transfer it onto Port of Newcastle’s K2 berth in its Bulk Precinct at Walsh Point.

The Big Lift vessel has been on a two-week journey from Vietnam to deliver the crane to Port of Newcastle. The bulk shipunloader is being installed at Newcastle Bulk Terminal and has capacity to unload bulk cargo – such as fertilisers, meals, mineral sands and various other bulk cargoes – at up to 1,200 tonnes per hour.

This unloading rate would be available as part of the second phase of the project, which includes the latest conveyor infrastructure to link the berth directly to nearby customer storage and load-out facilities. This will be a significant increase on current discharge rates, vastly improving berth efficiency.

Port of Newcastle CEO Craig Carmody said the arrival of the state-of-the-art unloader was a significant milestone in optimising bulk handling efficiencies at the Port.

The previous two unloaders were built in 1968 and were decommissioned in 2018 in order to be replaced with machinery that delivers the highest standards in safety and environmental management and a superior commercial outcome for customers,” Mr Carmody said.

It is expected the commissioning will take approximately four months with the shipunloader ready for operation in late 2021.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

“Disclaimer: “Breakbulk News & Media BV (Breakbulk.News) assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the content of articles published. The information and or article contained in these articles is provided on an “as is” basis with no guarantees of completeness, accuracy, usefulness or timeliness…”

blank
blank
blank
blank
blank
Top