Facility Information
Infrastructure under management / Case studies
At Geelong, Ports manages over 90 hectares of port land and 14 wharves of various ages (1930's to 2002) involving a broad spectrum of wharf construction techniques. Here Ports also manages five large cargo storage sheds, a ship loader and two shore-based cranes along with other port-related plant. Planning for a new berth and bulk loader is well advanced.
Two of the Geelong storage sheds are fitted with integrated systems for bulk cargo receival direct from the ship and consist of hoppers, conveyors, overhead trippers, stackers and reclaimers. The port's infrastructure is linked to adjacent manufacturing facilities or to truck load out systems with Patrick Ports managing the complete supply chain through to the end customer.
The major plant at Geelong includes two 27 tonne, slewing-luffing shore-based cranes primarily used as grab unloaders. These discharge into large crane hoppers that are capable of discharging directly to trucks or to the integrated storage system. Ports also operates a 1000 tonne per hour ship loader. LINK TO HUNTER GRAIN CASE STUDY
In the Port of Hastings, Ports manages three major deep water petrochemical berths, plus a multi-user jetty facility that has public access. Those structures are all at (or beyond) their original design lives and this requires asset management strategies and proactive maintenance to enable their life to be extended well into the future.
In Albany, Ports owns, operates and maintains a 2 million tonne per year woodchip export facility comprising rail receival, conveyors, stacker, reclaimers and a 1000 tonne per hour slewing-luffing ship loader. LINK TO ABH CASE STUDY
At Geraldton, on behalf of the Geraldton Port Authority, Patrick Ports operates and maintains a range of infrastructure including rail receival facilities, feeders, conveyors and ship loaders. The facilities are common user and include the export of iron ore, mineral sands, garnet and copper/zinc/lead concentrate. In addition to this, on behalf of an exporter, Ports operates and maintains an integrated iron ore storage system complete with a 100,000 tonne capacity shed, road receival facilities, conveyors and reclaim systems. Ports also operates and maintains a mobile ship loader for loading talc and other bulk products. The Geraldton site is considered a mine site, and is managed under the Mine Safety Act of WA, with Ports providing the registered Mine Manager.
Ports is currently commissioning an innovative high lift mobile ship loader in Adelaide as part of its joint venture with Flinders Ports. When commissioned, the ship loader will form the centrepiece of a bulk minerals precinct with rail receival facilities, integrated storage and reclaim systems for the export of mineral sands and concentrates. LINK TO BEMAX LOADER CASE STUDY
Expert asset management and maintenance
Ports maintains a strong site maintenance focus at all its operations, generally employing in-house experienced maintainer operators to carry out day-to-day site tasks and ship loading.
This hands-on, practical experience allows Ports to provide a range of cost effective, preventative maintenance services tailored to suit each circumstance.
The MEX maintenance management system underpins our maintenance strategies at all of our operating sites. Asset management, design, contract preparation, project management and systems are provided by a small team of dedicated specialists based at the Ports head office in Geelong. Across the business we have a range of experienced personnel to call on including bulk material handling specialists, chief electrical engineers, control system specialists, engineers, maintenance managers and maintenance planners.
Large complex projects typically involve the employment of specialist service providers generally in an alliance style arrangement, where Ports maintains
control of the design process ensuring practical, cost effective solutions are put in place.
With many of the berth structures that Ports maintains exceeding 40 years of age, the latest techniques are used to asses wharf condition and develop preventative maintenance techniques that will extend the life of the wharves in the most efficient way. GeelongPort and Patrick Ports-Hastings have a long history of supporting research at Monash University in the field of material deterioration in the marine environment.
Ports has vast experience in providing asset management services for a range of port assets including cranes, shiploaders, conveyors and mobile machinery at ports across Australia.
In addition to a range of sophisticated software-based systems, Ports develops and utilises maintenance policies and inspection checklists for key port assets. This facilitates the collection of baseline data regarding condition, thereby enabling informed decision making in relation to maintenance strategies and operational modifications.
Patrick Auto, Bulk & General is a world leader in infrastructure management and maintenance, ensuring Australia remains at the forefront of global maritime-land bridge practices.
