Barney Point Coal Terminal

Barney Point Coal Terminal is a coal export terminal at the Port of Gladstone in Queensland, Australia. The terminal has a capacity of 8 million tonnes a year. Coal arrives at the port by railway from either the Moura Line or the Blackwater Line.

In April 2010 it was announced that The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) authorized arrangements to transfer specified amounts of coal handling capacity from the Barney Point Coal Terminal to the proposed Wiggins Island Coal Terminal at the Port of Gladstone in Queensland. This is expected to facilitate the closure of Barney Point Coal Terminal, which has raised pollution concerns among residents of the area for a number of years.

History
Interest in utilising port land at Barney Point in Queensland was first expressed by Thiess Peabody Mitsui Coal Pty Ltd in the early 1960s for the purpose of exporting Moura coal. Thiess Peabody Mitsui was prepared to construct a private rail line from the Moura to Gladstone and consequently, work began on constructing a wharf in the mid 1960s.

The facility was completed in 1968 and the first shipment of coal (1,600t) departed on August 9, 1967 aboard MV Sangoh Maru. Gladstone Port Authority (GPA; now Gladstone Ports Corporation) purchased the facility, assuming full responsibility of its operations in November 1998.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Australia and coal
 * Australian Coal Association
 * Queensland and coal
 * Wiggins Island Coal Terminal
 * Port of Gladstone
 * Coal terminals

External resources

 * "Abbot Point", North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation website