Abbot Point
| Abbot Point | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Location | 25 km north of Bowen |
| Coordinates | 19°52′59″S 148°04′59″E / 19.883°S 148.083°ECoordinates: 19°52′59″S 148°04′59″E / 19.883°S 148.083°E |
| Details | |
| Operated by | Adani Group |
| Owned by | North Queensland Bulk Ports |
| Type of harbor | Artificial |
| Statistics | |
| Vessel arrivals | 190 (2010-11) |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 15,063,943 (2010-11) |
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Abbot Point is the most northerly deepwater coal port of Australia, situated 25 kilometres north of Bowen, Queensland. Established in 1984, 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 2.75 km off-shore. Coal reaches the port via the GAP railway line from the Bowen Basin Coalfields.
The Port of Abbot Point is of significant strategic value to North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation, as there are very few locations along Queensland's eastern seaboard where deep water (>15m) is so close in-shore. However, the port's location is controversial as it is so close to the Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO world heritage site. There are concerns that the port and the ships that transit the reef to and from the port may harm the reef and its animal life.
Abbot Point security sits at security level one.
India's Mundra Port signed a 99-year lease on Abbot Point Terminal 0 in 2011. The deal cost Adani Group $1.83 billion. Adani is seeking to expand the terminal to allow another 35 million tonnes of thermal coal exports per year, on top of the current 50 million tonnes of capacity.
The port is planned to provide export facilities for coal mined from the Galilee Basin. The terminal is being expanded with the addition of a second wharf and shiploader as well as an additional onshore stockyard and machines. Once completed it will be the largest coal port in the world.
In May 2012, the expansion plans were scaled back, with only two new wharves being built instead of six. The scaling down of the project came after Rio Tinto announced its withdrawal. BHP Billiton and Hancock Coal are expected to use the second and third terminals.
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