Carrington's new loaders

By Georgia-Lee Campbell

Two new coal ship-loaders arrived in the Port of Newcastle.

The coal ship loaders are to be installed at the Carrington coal terminal over the coming months, with the three existing loaders to be taken away.

The coal loader's were built in Shanghai and shipped from China.

Despite anti-coal activist's continuing to push to have the Carrington loader shut down due to its proximity to housing, the implementation of the new ship loaders shows Port Waratah Coal Service's (PWC's) intentions to keep the terminal operating.

PWCs is licensed to export 145 million tonnes of coal a year -120 million tonnes from Kooragang and 25 million tonnes from Carrington.

Picture sourced: pwcs.com.au

Anti Coal Protester Fined

BY IAN CROUCH

 A protester who caused a Newcastle coal terminal to shut down for nearly four hours has escaped with a $300 fine.

Scott Mackenzie climbed onto the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group Loader during last month's anti-coal protest - his demonstration costing the coal company more than $100,000, while 10 police officers and several paramedics were needed to get him down.

It's understood the 41-year-old has been charged by police over at least half a dozen protests in the past.