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Port Botany (seaport), the Glossary

Port Botany is a deepwater seaport located in Botany Bay in the South-Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia.^[1]

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Botany Bay
Infrastructure completed in 1979
Ports and harbours of New South Wales

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Gas Light Company

The Australian Gas Light Company (AGL) was an Australian gas and electricity retailer, operated entirely by McCarthy Hanlin.

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Australian National Line

Australian National Line (ANL) was a coastal shipping line established by the Government of Australia in 1956.

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Baulderstone

Baulderstone, formerly Baulderstone Hornibrook, was an Australian construction company.

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Botany Bay

Botany Bay (Dharawal: Kamay) is an open oceanic embayment, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, south of the Sydney central business district.

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Breakbulk cargo

In shipping, break-bulk, breakbulk, or break bulk cargo, also called general cargo, is goods that are stowed on board ships in individually counted units.

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A container crane (also container handling gantry crane or ship-to-shore crane) is a type of large dockside gantry crane found at container terminals for loading and unloading intermodal containers from container ships.

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Container port

A container port or container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation.

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Containerization

Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers, or ISO containers).

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Darling Harbour

Darling Harbour is a harbour adjacent to the city centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that is made up of a large recreational and pedestrian precinct that is situated on western outskirts of the Sydney central business district.

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Dockworker

A dockworker (also called a longshoreman, stevedore, or docker) is a waterfront manual laborer who loads and unloads ships.

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DP World

DP World is an Emirati multinational logistics company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Engineers Australia

Engineers Australia (EA), known formally as the Institution of Engineers, Australia, is an Australian professional body and not-for-profit organisation whose purpose is to advance the science and practice of engineering for the benefit of the community.

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Ethylene

Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or.

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Glebe Island

Glebe Island was a major port facility in Sydney Harbour and, in association with the adjacent White Bay facility, was the primary receiving venue for imported cars and dry bulk goods in the region until 2008.

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Government of New South Wales

The New South Wales Government, also known as the NSW Government, is the governing body of New South Wales, Australia.

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Hutchison Port Holdings

Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (HPH), trading as Hutchison Ports, is a private holding company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.

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Hutchison Whampoa

Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) was an investment holding company based in Hong Kong.

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Imperial Chemical Industries

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company.

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Intermodal container

An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or cargo container, (or simply “container”) is a large metal crate designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – such as from ships to trains to trucks – without unloading and reloading their cargo.

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Jan De Nul

Jan De Nul Group is a Belgian family-owned company, with the financial headquarters in Luxembourg, that provides services relating to the construction and maintenance of maritime infrastructure on an international basis.

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Maritime Services Board

The Maritime Services Board was a statutory authority of the Government of New South Wales responsible for marine safety, regulation of commercial and recreational boating, and oversight of port operations.

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Natural gas

Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane (95%) in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes.

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Neville Wran

Neville Kenneth Wran, (11 October 1926 – 20 April 2014) was an Australian politician who was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 to 1986.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Oil

An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) and lipophilic (mixes with other oils).

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P&O

P&O (in full, The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company) was a British shipping and logistics company dating from the early 19th century.

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Patrick Corporation

Patrick Corporation is an Australian seaport operator with operations in Brisbane, Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney.

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Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.

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Port

A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers.

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The Port Authority of New South Wales, is a corporation owned by the Government of New South Wales, Australia.

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Port Botany, New South Wales

Port Botany is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Port Botany (seaport) and Port Botany, New South Wales are Botany Bay.

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Port Jackson

Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Port Botany (seaport) and Port Jackson are ports and harbours of New South Wales.

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Premier of New South Wales

The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Roll-on/roll-off

Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.

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Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

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Sydney Airport

Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport — colloquially Mascot Airport, Kingsford Smith Airport, or Sydney Airport — is an international airport serving Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, located south of the Sydney central business district, in the Inner South suburb of Mascot. Port Botany (seaport) and Sydney Airport are Botany Bay.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Botany_(seaport)

Also known as Brotherson Dock.

Port Botany (seaport), the Glossary

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See also

Botany Bay

Infrastructure completed in 1979

Ports and harbours of New South Wales

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