List of Australian coal loading ports - The Australian Coal industry

The export coal industry in Australia is serviced by nine coal loading terminals located in Queensland and New South Wales

As a result of expansion work in recent years, the terminals currently have a total handling capacity in excess of 330 million tonnes of coal a year with further expansion planned or in progress.

State / Port

Queensland

Abbot Point, Queensland
Brisbane, Queensland
Dalrymple Bay, Queensland
Gladstone, Queensland
Hay Point, Queensland

New South Wales

Newcastle, New South Wales
Port Kembla, New South Wales



New South Wales

Port Waratah Coal Services Limited (PWCS)
Located in the Port of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, PWCS operates the world's largest and most efficient coal handling operations through its two terminals; Carrington and Kooragang. These receive, assemble and load Hunter Valley coal for export to customers around the world.

Port Kembla Coal Terminal Limited
Situated in the Inner Harbour, the Port Kembla Coal Terminal services mines from the Southern and Western coalfields of New South Wales.

Data Sources:
(a) Annual capacity from 'Energy in Australia 2009' - ABARE.
(b) State data from web-based port information.
(c) Metallurgical/thermal data from ABARE.
NB: The latter totals differ slightly from the port totals, due to the different data sources.
sourced:www.australiancoal.com