the conveyor that takes the coal to dock
Dalyrimple Bay, Queensland. Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal is located (just over the hill) in the Sarina Shire, 38 kilometres south of the North Queensland city of Mackay. Situated on Dalrymple Bay at the Port of Hay Point, the Terminal’s operations stretch over a distance of six kilometres.
The world’s largest coal export port, Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal exports thermal and metallurgical coal from Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin mines to ports around the world. The terminal operates around the clock and has a name plate capacity of 85 Mtpa.
Coal arrives at the terminal by rail and is unloaded “on the move” as trains pass through one of three Rail Receival stations. An extensive conveyor network then transports the coal either directly to the wharf for loading or to the stockyard for storage.
The stockyard covers nearly 67 hectares and provides eight rows of stockpiles with a combined live capacity of over 2.28 million tonnes. Stacking machines are used to create stockpiles by transferring coal from the conveyors at a rate of up to 7,500 tonnes per hour.
When a ship is ready for its cargo, reclaimer machines use a bucketwheel to clear the stockpiles and place the coal back on the conveyor system. These machines reclaim at an average rate of up to 4200 to 5800 tonnes per hour.
The reclaimed coal is transported to one of two surge bins that act as buffers between the yard system and the conveying system to the shiploaders, ensuring an even loading rate is sustained.
The 1.66 kilometre wharf features four berths, which can accommodate ships ranging from 20,000 to 220,000 dead weight tonne. Three manually-operated shiploaders are used to transfer coal from the wharf conveyors into the holds of ships at a nominal loading rate of 7200 tonnes per hour. It takes about 22 hours to load the average 80,000 tonne cargo.
(Source: www.dbct.com.au )
the conveyor that takes the coal to dock
Dalyrimple Bay, Queensland. Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal is located (just over the hill) in the Sarina Shire, 38 kilometres south of the North Queensland city of Mackay. Situated on Dalrymple Bay at the Port of Hay Point, the Terminal’s operations stretch over a distance of six kilometres.
The world’s largest coal export port, Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal exports thermal and metallurgical coal from Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin mines to ports around the world. The terminal operates around the clock and has a name plate capacity of 85 Mtpa.
Coal arrives at the terminal by rail and is unloaded “on the move” as trains pass through one of three Rail Receival stations. An extensive conveyor network then transports the coal either directly to the wharf for loading or to the stockyard for storage.
The stockyard covers nearly 67 hectares and provides eight rows of stockpiles with a combined live capacity of over 2.28 million tonnes. Stacking machines are used to create stockpiles by transferring coal from the conveyors at a rate of up to 7,500 tonnes per hour.
When a ship is ready for its cargo, reclaimer machines use a bucketwheel to clear the stockpiles and place the coal back on the conveyor system. These machines reclaim at an average rate of up to 4200 to 5800 tonnes per hour.
The reclaimed coal is transported to one of two surge bins that act as buffers between the yard system and the conveying system to the shiploaders, ensuring an even loading rate is sustained.
The 1.66 kilometre wharf features four berths, which can accommodate ships ranging from 20,000 to 220,000 dead weight tonne. Three manually-operated shiploaders are used to transfer coal from the wharf conveyors into the holds of ships at a nominal loading rate of 7200 tonnes per hour. It takes about 22 hours to load the average 80,000 tonne cargo.
(Source: www.dbct.com.au )