Annual Report 2010 - Verein der Kohlenimporteure eV

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Australia holds a share of about 33% of the international
hard coal market: 64% of the world market for coking
coal and 19% for steam coal. Australia has the largest
potential for a sustainable expansion of steam and coking
coal exports in the long-term. By 2030, expansion of
exports to 400-500 million tonnes is conceivable.
Infrastructure
Australia’s infrastructure was again at full capacity in
2010 and an Achilles heel for exporters. However, the
first steps in a new round of port expansions were seen.
at the port of Newcastle investment was made in 30
million tonnes of additional annual shipping capacity
for steam coal. Annual export quantities could be
increased by a further 18 million tonnes. After these
expansion measures at the ports, the focus is shifting
to the bottlenecks caused by rail transport. Progress
can already be observed. The Australian government
has put forward a national construction programme
according to which NSW will make investments of
AUS$12 billion available to develop rail capacity in
the Hunter Valley, as well as AUS$1 billion to improve
existing capacity in order to reduce queues to the port
of Newcastle. Queues continue to dog other Australian
ports. The entire infrastructure of Queensland was
badly affected towards the end of 2010 and beginning
of 2011 because of heavy rainfall and cyclones. These
damaged rail tracks and port infrastructure. Exports
were eventually hit in 2011, although production
was affected immediately. Estimates are based on the
assumption of a decrease in production from 20 million
tonnes up to 100 million tonnes in 2011.
Exports of the Coal Loading Ports
Coal Loading Por
Abbot Point
Dalrymple Bay
Hay Point
Gladstone
Brisbane
Total Queensland
Newcastle
Port Kembla
Total New South Wales
2008
Mt
13.7
48.0
36.0
56.0
5.3
159.0
91.5
11.7
103.2
2009
Mt
15.3
54.2
35.0
58.0
6.3
168.8
92.8
15.0
107.8
2010
Mt
17.4
62.7
36.4
61.7
7.6
185.8
95.1
13.3
108.4
Total 262.2 276.6 294.2
LB-T2
The transhipment figures for coal loading ports do
not match precisely with export figures. There may be
customs-related reasons for this.
Almost all Australian ports were expanded over recent
years and now have the following capacities:
Capacities of Australian Ports
Current Capacity Cargo Handling in 2010
Port
Mt
Mt
Newcastle 113 95
Port Kembla 18 13
Dalrymple Bay 85 63
Hay Point 44 36
Gladstone 76 62
Abbot Point 25 17
Brisbane 7 8
Wiggins Island --- ---
Total
LB-T3
368 294
In Newcastle alone, the first phase of a new coal
terminal has been built for one billion AUS$ by the
Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group (NCIG) with
an annual capacity of 30 million tonnes. The second
phase, to expand export capacity to 53 million tonnes,