Sentences with phrase «expand coal ports»

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But the coal has to get there, which means increased rail traffic, expanded port facilities and more ships plying the Salish Sea.

In the case of coal, while the capacity of port and rail infrastructure has become stretched with the latest surge in global demand, the industry has been expanding transport capacity steadily over recent years.

In every direction, in the coal fields northwest of Brisbane, the world's largest producers are preparing to expand their mines, rails and ports so they can ship billions of tons of coal to East Asia and India.

To accommodate the enormous output of this mega mine, Adani is planning to expand its existing Abbot Point terminal and build two more ports to ensure the 60 million tons of coal can be dumped on international markets - after traveling through the Great Barrier Reef.

Coal exports will expand exponentially, liquefied natural gas will flow out of northern ports, the public will be massaged toward accepting oil pipelines either through the north, the south or both.

Its an effort that would require shipping coal by rail to the coast, and dredging and dumping waste in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage site in order to expand ports and channels for shipping the coal to India.