Re: (OT)Re: Darwin port to be expanded.

["Barry Campbell" <campblbm@ozemail.com.au>]

Captain Warwick J. Somerville wrote in message
<3911EE0D.C8D13ED@labyrinth.net.au>...

The depth of Darwin hharbour in the 1986 data would be the old harbour as
AFAIK East Arm was not started muach later. Darwin has a large tidal range
(max 8m) and a shallower harbour could be built if necessary by bringing
ships in and out on the high tide and having deep berth pockets dredged for
low tides.

ISTR that East Arm was designed to overcome depth problems. It still won't
overcome the lack of cargo problems, though. How big a port do you need to
ship cattle through?


Barry Campbell

>G'day to you all.
>
>What is the current depth of Darwin Harbour?
>
>Because the info I have for Darwin from 1986
>was 11 metre down to 8 metre in depth, why
>I have ask this question is due to the new
>breed of ship that are came online, require
>a minimum of 16 metre draft to the maximum
>22 metre that carry between 6,000 to 18,000
>containers.
>
>The only two ports that can handle these type
>ship are Dampier in Western Australia with a
>depth at 34 metre * and Eden in New South Wales
>with a depth at 39 metre *
>
>* from the info I have from 1986
>
>--
>Regards
>Capt. W. J. Somerville
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