The Newcastle Agri Terminal (NAT) is an intermodal dry

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located in

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. It is located within the Carrington Precinct of the

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utilising the Dyke 2 berth.

Facilities

The terminal's facilities include two 20,000 tonne and three 6,780 tonne silos equating to 60,340 metric tonnes storage, rail receival via the Bullock Island loop line, conveyors, control rooms, carpark, laboratory, inspection and sample rooms and the ability to load

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vessels at 2,000 tonnes per hour. Dyke 2 berth, which can accommodate vessels up to 40,000 DWT with maximum beam of 26 metres, is owned by Newcastle Port Corporation while the bulk loader and storage facilities is owned by

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Ownership

The founding investors in NAT included Agrex,

CBH Group The CBH Group (commonly known as CBH, an acronym for Co-operative Bulk Handling) is a grain growers' cooperative that handles, markets and processes grain from the wheatbelt of Western Australia. History CBH was formed on 5 April 1933, at a ...

, CTC Terminals, Glencore Xstrata and Olam Grain Australia. In August 2021, NAT was purchased by

Qube Holdings Qube Holdings is a diversified logistics and infrastructure company in Australia. History In July 2006, following the takeover of Patrick Corporation by Toll Group, Toll Holdings, Chris Corrigan and some executives departed and teamed with Kapl ...

from CBH Group, CTC Terminals, Riverina and

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Operations

The first bulk

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shipment through the Terminal was 28,000

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durum Durum wheat (), also called pasta wheat or macaroni wheat (''Triticum durum'' or ''Triticum turgidum'' subsp. ''durum''), is a tetraploid species of wheat. It is the second most cultivated species of wheat after common wheat, although it repres ...

wheat loaded onto the MV ''North Princess'' on 21 February 2014 which was sent to

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on behalf of the Australian Durum Company.Newcastle Agri Terminal ships first grain ''Australian Bulk Handling Review'' March 2014 pages 16/17

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* {{Hunter Region places and items of interest Agriculture companies of Australia CBH Group Companies based in Newcastle, New South Wales Economy of Newcastle, New South Wales Glencore Grain companies Grain industry of Australia Qube Holdings 2009 establishments in Australia