Recent News Coal causes backlog of 15 ships at Port Kembla
A backlog of ships anchored off the Illawarra coast has grown because of the small coal stockpile and planned maintenance at Port Kembla’s busy coal terminal. Port Kembla Port Corporation chief executive officer Dom Figliomeni said he could not remember more vessels being queued at once. ‘‘If you really looked at it, ideally you would have one ship at berth and probably three or four at anchor, which is what we used to have until recently,’’ he said. Fifteen ships at anchor yesterday were waiting to access the Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT). Mr Figliomeni said the terminal was very busy, which meant any delays had a flow-on effect. www.illawarramerc...     (3 days ago, by arnekiel )