Tag: Kooragang

PORT Waratah Coal Services owns and manages both the Kooragang and Carrington Coal Terminals, which have a combined capacity of 145mtpa, and employs about 350 people across the 24/7 business. At October 31, exported 92,021,793t of coal from both the Carrington and Kooragang terminals, up from 90,454,527t at 2018, with Carrington contributing 12,190816t. and Kooragang contributing 79,878,238t. Fires temporarily closed the rail network that supplied both the port of on November 12, and the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) said that there was no damage to assets and services gradually began to resume operation from 7:45 until the morning of November 13. “ARTC continues to monitor conditions regarding train operations on its network in NSW and is working with operators…

By Rachel Dally-Watkins 15 May, 2015 PLANS to build a fourth coal terminal at the Port of Newcastle have progressed with the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) recommending the project for approval and referring the application to the Planning Assessment Commission for a final decision. Port Waratah Coal Services, which owns and operates the port’s Kooragang and Carrington terminals, has been working with government, rail providers and coal producers to increase capacity at the port through the Terminal 4 project. The original master plan allowed for a capability of 120 million tonnes per annum throughput; however since the plan was lodged with the DPE decreases in coal demand saw the project revised down to 70mtpa throughput. “We have been…