The shipping platform

Location: The port of Townsville is situated on the SW side of Cleveland Bay on the Queensland coastline, 1,359km N of Brisbane. General overview: The port consists of 9 operational berths, all of which are accessible by road and rail. Main imports: General cargo, oil, petroleum products, bulk fertilisers, nickel ore, sulphur, cement, motor vehicles and sulphuric acid. Main exports: General cargo, sugar, coke, molasses, frozen meat, hides, tallow, by products, cattle, refined copper, copper concentrates, sulphur/sulphuric acid, zinc concentrates, lead products, sand, gravel, timber and nickel. Traffic figures: Approx 630 vessels, 10,000,000t of cargo, and 19,800TEU are handled annually. Load line zone: Tropical. IMO Class 1 Class 1 Explosives must not be stored, handled, carried, used, transported or otherwise dealt with in the Port where the volume or weight of the Dangerous Goods exceed the levels outlined below: Commercial Wharf 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 Lucinda Classes 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6 NIL 58 17 6 11 6 2.2 240 25kg Class 1.3 NIL 250 92 5.4 5.2 19.8 19.8 250 25kg Class 1.4 NIL 265 250 250 250 250 250 680 25kg · If Explosives and Ammonium Nitrate are carried in the same Ship, these limits will not apply. The lower limits specified in IMDG code and AS3846-2005 will be applied. · Explosive limits are import /export and transit limits. · Explosive holding limits are Nil except for class 1.4. · Explosives shall not be brought onto a Commercial Wharf for loading onto a Ship unless the Ship is ready to receive them. Explosives shall not be unloaded from the Ship unless the means by which they are to be removed from the Port Area is ready to receive them. · The approved limits determined by the application of AS3846-2005 for each Commercial Wharf may be reduced by POTL for operational reasons. · Additional special precautions, tasks and controls are required for class 1.1 product for shipments over 15 tonnes. · These limits may be reduced by POTL depending on other operational requirements.