Darwin Gateway to Australia: was.... (OT)Re: Darwin port to be expanded.

["Rod Young" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

That's the whole point of the Railway, mate.
These large super ships cost/charge hundreds of thousands of dollars a day
to operate. In the time Heavy Shipping takes to go round Australia dropping
off at Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, they could return to
their Asian Port and reload for another paying voyage.
If a heavy duty Railway is built properly, and links all these Ports with a
reliable, and quick transport system, Darwin WILL be Australia's biggest
Port. That is as long as we continue to Trade heavily with our Asian
neighbours. Patrick's have for about three years now being doing just that,
from Perth, allowing ships to stop once only in Australia, and the
"Patrick's trains" link to the Eastern States
Now you should understand, and this has been talked about repeatedly in the
press and this group!
;o)

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Hobsons Bay Model Railway Club Inc.
Operators of Australia's only 'Australian' Model Railway Show
Every Easter in Melbourne.
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Barry Campbell <campblbm@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> 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
> >
> >Website Address    http://www.blackbirdcruises.com.au/
> >Telephone   +61 3 9689 6431
> >Fax   +61 3 9687 3175
> >
> >
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