Bell Bay, Tasmania

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

For the geographic feature in Antarctica, see Bell Bay (Antarctica).

Bell Bay
Location
LocationBell Bay, Tasmania
Coordinates41.130444°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

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 Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company 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
BerthNameCargo
No. 1 BerthRio Tinto BerthAlumina/Liquid Pitch
No. 2 BerthInterstate RO/RO BerthGeneral Cargo
No. 3 BerthTEMCO BerthManganese Ore/Related Cargo
No. 4 BerthTankers & Chemicals BerthOil Products/Petroleum
No. 5 & 6 BerthMulti-Purpose BerthContainers/Petcoke/Logs/Manganese
No. 6 BerthMulti-Purpose BerthPetcoke/Containers/Woodchips/Aluminium
Long Reach SouthForico SouthWoodchips

References
  1. "UNLOCODE (AU) - AUSTRALIA". www.unece.org. UNECE. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. "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.


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