Newcastle Agri Terminal


The Newcastle Agri Terminal is a privately owned intermodal dry bulk cargo port operator located in Carrington, New South Wales.
NAT is located within the Carrington Precinct of the Port of Newcastle utilising the Dyke 2 berth.

Facilities

The Terminal's facilities include two 20,000 tonne and three 6,780 tonne silos equating to 60,340 metric tonnes storage, rail receival via the Bullock Island loop line, conveyors, control rooms, carpark, laboratory, inspection and sample rooms and the ability to load Panamax vessels at 2000 tonnes per hour.

Ownership

The key investors in NAT include the Management team as well as CBH Group, Glencore Xstrata and Olam Grain Australia with a 12.5 per cent stake, which is owned by Mitsubishi Corporation.
Dyke 2 berth, which can accommodate vessels up to 40,000 DWT with maximum beam of 26 metres, is owned by Newcastle Port Corporation while the bulk loader and storage facilities are owned by ConPorts.

Operations

The first bulk grain shipment through the Terminal was 28,000 tonnes of durum wheat loaded onto the MV North Princess on the 21 February 2014 which was sent to Algeria on behalf of the Australian Durum Company.