North
Base
The North Base provides a wide range of services
to the construction and diving support sectors of the oil industry
and is used for heavy lift operations. The Base offers availability
of heavy craneage, deepwater berthing,
open storage and ready access to engineering and fabrication
services.
North Breakwater
The North Breakwater is of granite construction
with an 18 metre wide deck and minimum alongside depth of up
to 14 metres. A full range of material handling equipment, including
mobile cranes from 25 to 500 tonnes capacity is available. Larger
cranes of up to 850 tonnes capacity have been used for ad-hoc
heavy lifts. Vessels up to 250 metres in length and 96,000 tonnes
deadweight have been accommodated at the breakwater.
North Base Jetty
The North Base Jetty is an open pile concrete decked jetty
offering two berths, one at each side, numbered 17 and 18. The
fendering on Berth 18 was extensively refurbished during early
2003, making this berth suitable for handling a range of traffic,
including oil tankers, coasters, fishing vessels and offshore
support vessels.
| QUAY
FACTS |
Berth
Numbers |
Quay
Length (m) |
Quay
Width (m) |
Quay
Height above MHWS (m) |
Minimum
Water Depth (m) |
Fresh
Water |
Fuel |
Bulks |
| North Breakwater |
13-15 |
240 |
17 |
3.4 |
Up
to 13.9 |
 |
|
* |
| North Base Jetty |
17-18 |
122 |
15 |
4.4 |
6.0 |
|
|
* |
| *Delivery by road transportation
to these berths |
Also in this section:
Port Map and Quay Details
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