Bell Bay, Tasmania

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Bell Bay
Location
LocationBell Bay, Tasmania
Coordinates41°07′50″S 146°51′33″E / 41.130444°S 146.859199°E / -41.130444; 146.859199
UN/LOCODEAUBEL[1]
Details
Size2,000 hectares (20 km2)
Available berths12[2]
Draft depth11.2 m.[2]
Rail linesBell Bay Line
Rail gaugeNarrow gauge
Street accessEast Tamar Highway
Truck typesB-Double
Statistics
Annual TEU47,690
Website
www.tasports.com.au

Bell Bay is an industrial centre and port located on the eastern shore of the Tamar River, in northern Tasmania, Australia. It lies just south of George Town. The Bell Bay Industrial District is responsible for 59 percent of Tasmania's trade[3] Bell Bay mainly exports cargo to Asia and Mainland Australia but the port also does import cargo

History[]

Bell Bay Post Office opened on 18 September 1951 and closed in 1973.[4]

Industry[]

It hosts an aluminium smelter operated by Rio Tinto (previously by Comalco),[5] and the manganese alloy smelter operated by South32 (previously by BHP Billiton).[6] The Bell Bay Power Station was decommissioned in 2009, replaced by the Tamar Valley Power Station built next door.

Transport[]

Bell Bay is connected by a 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway to the main line at Launceston.

Berths[]

Bell Bay has Seven berths including Long Reach South:[7]

Bell Bay berths
Berth Name Cargo
No. 1 Berth Rio Tinto Berth Alumina/Liquid Pitch
No. 2 Berth Interstate RO/RO Berth General Cargo
No. 3 Berth TEMCO Berth Manganese Ore/Related Cargo
No. 4 Berth Tankers & Chemicals Berth Oil Products/Petroleum
No. 5 & 6 Berth Multi-Purpose Berth Containers/Petcoke/Logs/Manganese
No. 6 Berth Multi-Purpose Berth Petcoke/Containers/Woodchips/Aluminium
Long Reach South Forico South Woodchips

References[]

  1. ^ "UNLOCODE (AU) - AUSTRALIA". www.unece.org. UNECE. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Port of Bell Bay, Australia". www.findaport.com. Shipping Guides Ltd. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Bell Bay". RDATasmania. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  4. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Bell Bay Aluminium". Rio Tinto Aluminium. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. ^ "TEMCO". South32. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Bell Bay" (PDF). TasPorts. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

Coordinates: 41°07′00″S 146°52′00″E / 41.11667°S 146.86667°E / -41.11667; 146.86667


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