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PORT MELVILLE

Located at South Barlow Point, 63 nautical miles north of Darwin, Port Melville offers a security regulated port approved by the Commonwealth Government of Australia.

The wharf at Port Melville is approved for vessels up to 50,000 DWT with a water depth of 14m alongside and a 220m long berth face. Our adjacent on-shore facilities comprise a 10 hectares of cleared area suitable for; laydown, warehouse and appropriate industrial development, fuel storage, workshop, woodchip stockpile area, office facilities, wash-down facilities and container inspection facilities.

FUEL FACILITY

  • Storage capacity of 30 million litres
  • Offloading rate of 13,000 litres per minute at 1000kPa
  • Bunker delivery rates up to 3000 litres per minute
  • Motor control room
  • Dispensing pump skid
  • Mettering skid
  • Waste water system
  • Slops tank
  • Fire protection
  • Light vehicle refuelling system

THE WHARF

  • Approved for vessels up to 50,000 DWT
  • Water depth of 14m alongside
  • 220m long berth face with a 110m concrete shore connection pontoon
  • Roll-on / roll-off ramp.