Carrington Coal Terminal

Carrington coal terminal is one of two terminals at the coal export facility operated by Port Waratah Coal Services Limited (PWCS) in Newcastle, Australia. In addition to the Carrington terminal, PWCS also operates the Kooragang coal terminal on the other side of the South Channel of the Hunter River. Each terminal includes equipment for delivery and storage of coal to the terminal, and for loading the coal onto transport vessels.

The Carrington coal terminal began operating in 1976 with an initial shiploading capacity of 16 million tonnes per year. It has grown to a shiploading capacity of 25 million tonnes per year. It can accommodate two vessels and shiploading facilities operating at 2,500 tonnes per hour (tph). The terminal is part of the Hunter Valley Coal chain, a chain of coal delivery from mines in the Hunter Valley to the Port of Newcastle, and can accept either road or rail coal deliveries. The port of Newcastle is the world's largest coal export port.

July 13 & 14, 2008: Newcastle, NSW, Australia Climate Camp stops coal trains at world's largest coal export port
On July 13, 2008 approximately 1000 activists stopped three trains bound for export at the Carrington coal terminal for almost six hours. Dozens of protesters were able to board and chain themselves to the trains while others lay across the tracks. Hundreds were held back by mounted police. Police arrested 57.

On July 14, 2008, five activists stopped coal loading at the Kooragang coal terminal for more than two hours by chaining themselves to a conveyor belt. Later that afternoon four protesters padlocked themselves to the tracks at the Carrington coal terminal, stopping all train traffic until police were able cut the group free. All nine were arrested.

The direct actions, organized as part of the Australian Camp for Climate Action, were an attempt to bring worldwide attention to coal's role in climate change and the expansion of Australian coal exports.

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