Abbot Point
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Abbot Point is the most northerly deepwater coal port of Australia
, situated 25 kilometres north of Bowen
, Queensland
. It consists of a rail in-loading facility, coal handling and stockpile areas, and a single trestle jetty and conveyor connected to a berth and shiploader, located 2.75km off-shore. The terminal is being expanded with the addition of a second wharf and shiploader as well as an additional onshore stockyard and machines.
The Port of Abbot Point is of significant strategic value to North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation and the State, as there are very few locations along Queensland's eastern seaboard where deep water (>15m) is so close in-shore.
Abbot Point security sits at security level one.
India's Mundra Port
signed a 99-year lease on Abbot Point in 2011.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, situated 25 kilometres north of Bowen
Bowen, Queensland
Bowen is a town on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bowen had a population of 7,484.-Geography:Bowen is located on the north-east coast of Australia, at exactly twenty degrees south of the equator. In fact, the twentieth parallel crosses the main street...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. It consists of a rail in-loading facility, coal handling and stockpile areas, and a single trestle jetty and conveyor connected to a berth and shiploader, located 2.75km off-shore. The terminal is being expanded with the addition of a second wharf and shiploader as well as an additional onshore stockyard and machines.
The Port of Abbot Point is of significant strategic value to North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation and the State, as there are very few locations along Queensland's eastern seaboard where deep water (>15m) is so close in-shore.
Abbot Point security sits at security level one.
India's Mundra Port
Mundra Port
Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Limited manages the largest privately owned port in the country. The port project was initiated in 1988 by the Adani Group as a logistics base for their international trade operations when the sector was opened for private sector...
signed a 99-year lease on Abbot Point in 2011.
External links
- North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation of Queensland
- Abbot Point on Infomarine On-Line
- Abbot Point on Geoscience AustraliaGeoscience AustraliaGeoscience Australia is an agency of the Australian federal government. It carries out geoscientific research.On a user pays basis it produces geospatial products such as topographic maps and satellite imagery.-History:...