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Darwin Port Site Tour
25 September 2010 |  |
Participants will be picked up from the Vibe Hotel Darwin at 8:30am and travel by bus to Darwin Port. Once on site, participants will be taken on a tour around the port by Dr. Michael Nesbit, General Manager Port Development, Darwin Port Corporation.
The tour will begin with a site introduction. Darwin's East Arm wharf facility is a working port that services a wide range of industries and commodities. These include oil platform supply vessels, large bulk ore carriers, general and containerized cargo and petroleum imports. Bulk commodity ore is received and stored at the port and transported by truck to the quayside. The site visit will be approximately 2 hours duration, after which the participants will be transported back to the Vibe Hotel Darwin.
Be sure to indicate your attendance on the registration form when booking!
About Darwin Port Corporation
The Port of Darwin is a multi-modal, future-focused port which is strategically positioned as Australia's nearest port to Asia and the nation's 'northern gateway'. It is the northern terminus of the AustralAsia Railway that links Australia with its trading partners in Asia and throughout the world.
The Darwin Port Corporation (DPC) is currently spending significant investment capital to upgrade Port facilities to meet the growing needs of exporters and importers.
The Port of Darwin is the region's offshore supply, service and distribution hub for the offshore oil and gas industry and platforms in the Arafura Sea, Timor Sea and waters off the coast of Western Australia, including those in the Bayu-Undan field which supplies the LNG production facility at Wickham Point in Darwin Harbour.
