Port Botany (Sydney)

Australia / New South Wales / Sydney
 seaport, container, container / transport / storage terminal
Located 12 nautical miles south of the entrance to Sydney Harbour and the city's central business district. Botany Bay is well serviced by road and rail networks.

The facilities at Port Botany consist of two container terminals with six container vessel berths and a bulk liquids berth - complemented by container support businesses, bulk liquid berth storage facilities and private berths at Kurnell. The channel to the Port Botany estate is 213m wide and has a minimum depth of 15m, with a swinging basin at Brotherson Dock dredged to 15.6m.

Trade is steadily increasing through the ports of Sydney driven by consumer and business demand. To secure ongoing economic growth for NSW, Sydney Ports is expanding the existing container terminal facilities at Port Botany and plans to expand bulk liquids handling facilities.
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Coordinates:   33°58'19"S   151°12'47"E

Comments

  • The NSW Government has approved plans for a major expansion of Port Botany. This expansion will close much of Botany Beach to public use.
  • As long as it is good for the economy and is done in a sustainable way, i don't see any reason why this expansion should not have been approved.
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