Features

The Common User Facility consists of three key areas:

Wharf

  • 213 metres long and 25 metres wide
  • Dredged access to the Port River shipping channel

Runway and dry berth

  • Supporting ship construction and repair
  • Rail based transfer system enabling module and vessel movement around the facility
  • Full range of utility services available via an underground reticulation system:
    • electricity
    • potable water
    • cooling water
    • cutting and welding gases
    • compressed air

Shiplift

  • Australia’s largest shiplift
  • Capable of supporting a vessel up to 9,300 tonnes
  • 156 metres long and 34 metres wide
  • 18 metres vertical travel
  • Potential for future expansion to 210 metres and 22,000 tonne lifting capacity