technical information

Techport Australia features world-class common user shipbuilding facilities including a wharf, runway, dry berth, transfer system and the largest shiplift in the southern hemisphere.

Runway, Dry Berth and Transfer System

The runway and dry berth are supported by a rail-based transfer system enabling vessel movement around the site and onto the shiplift. A full range of utility services are available from service pits located around the runway and dry berth.

Services comprise:

  • electrical pits (11KV incoming supply fed from pits via transformers) comprising
    • 20 industrial electrical (400 / 230V 50Hz)
    • three hotel electrical (4800A 450V 3 phase 60Hz) via customer supplied converters
  • 20 hydraulic pits comprising
    • potable water
    • seawater (supply and return): max supply rate 130 l/s @ 1030 kPa
    • welding and cutting gases (LPG, Argon, Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide)
    • compressed air (1400 cfm at 125 psi)
    • sewer
    • firemain

Load restrictions: The majority of the runway and dry berth will support cranes/heavy vehicles with full load capacities up to 900 tonnes.

Wharf:

Length:                     213 meters
Width:                       25 meters
Depth Alongside:   10.5 meters

 Shore services for ships: 

  • industrial electrical (400 / 230V 50Hz) available from three service pits via portable transformers
  • hotel electrical (450V 3 phase 60Hz) available from two service pits via customer supplied converters
  • potable water
  • compressed air (1400 cfm at 125 psi)
  • communication/data points
  • firemain
  • seawater (supply): max supply rate 130 l/s @ 1030 kPa
  • sewer
  • welding and cutting gases (LPG, argon, oxygen and carbon dioxide)

Load restrictions: The wharf can support cranes and other heavy vehicles weighing between 140 and 864 tonnes (total gross mass) depending on crane type and load distribution

Shiplift:

Length:                        156 meters
Wdith:                            34 meters
Lift capacity:                 9,300 tonnes (or 130 tonnes per metre)
Max. vertical travel:     18 meters
Max. draught in SL:    9.5 meters approx (this is dependent on blocking requirements and location of ship's deepest point)

Shore services for ships on shiplift:

  • industrial electrical (400 / 230V 50Hz) available from local transformer
  • hotel electrical (4800A 450V 3 phase 60Hz) available from service pit via customer supplied converters
  • potable water
  • compressed air (1400 cfm at 125 psi)
  • firemain
  • seawater supply: max supply rate 130 l/s @ 1030 kPa