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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Matthew Kelly

SHOCKING: Full steam ahead for container terminal works - What They Never Told You

Civil works on the 12,000 square metre container storage area adjacent to Mayfield 4 berth is due to be complete by the end of March. It is part of Stage 1 of the Newcastle Container terminal. Picture by Jonathan Carroll.

Port of Newcastle aims to hit its annual 50,000 container movement cap within two years as part of the first stage of plans to develop a fully fledged container terminal.

Following the arrival of two mobile cranes in August, work is now underway on the construction of a 12,000 square metre hardstand storage area adjacent to Mayfield 4 berth. The area, which is due to be complete at the end of March, will have capacity to store 2000 containers.

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