PORT of DARWIN - Australia’s northern gateway of choice.

11 December 2012

MINING THE TERRITORY CONFERENCE Darwin Port Corporation – Supply Chain & Port Development Peter Dummett

General Manager Port Development Darwin Port Corporation

12 September 2013

Help me, help you…

DPC – Multi facilities & multi users

DPC – Our people

DPC- An important cog

Exports

East Arm

Wharf

Imports

The port is critical to your supply chain

Congestion

Your supply chain

Mining operations can consume a significant amount on their

supply chain.

E.g. $100/tonne

• Road: 200kms - quads

• Rail: 1,500kms - dedicated train

• Sea: 3,000nms - panamax vessel

Road 30%

Load Rail 5%

Rail 40% Terminal

costs 8%

Port 7%

Shipping 10%

Product characteristics

DPC - Cargo trade

• Two thirds dry bulk

• Mineral peak was 3 years ago

• Recent growth has been in container & break bulk

cargo Peak

0

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13

Outward Inward

DPC - Plans for the future

Current utilisation rate is 40%

DPC – Pond F

$15M and 2 years lead time

DPC- Dry bulk material handling infrastructure

• Overland conveyor

• 2nd rail dump

• 2nd ship loader and additional berth

Infrastructure When

Estimated

cost

Overland conveyor 5 Mtpa $60-100M

2nd rail dump 7-8 Mtpa $10-50M

Stockpile land development 7-8 Mtpa $50M

2nd ship loader & berth 9 Mtpa $150-180M

Dredging ? $50M

Alternative Loading Facilities for Bulk Minerals

Alternatives for:

• High value or low

volume products

• Environmental issues

• Storage issues

DPC – New customers

DPC - Safety and environment

• DPC implemented H&S culture

• New customers need to adhere

Bulk Cargo Exports Comparison

• Darwin - 2 Mtpa

• Gladstone - 66 Mtpa

• Dampier - 174 Mtpa

• Port Headland - 246 Mtpa

• Total Australian Ports- 848 Mtpa

The outcome?

PORT of DARWIN - Australia’s northern gateway of choice

Thank you