Channel Deepening - The Facts
- In order to cater for the needs of South Australian importers and exporters, the State needs to provide reliable container services
- Container ships are increasing in size and draft (Australian trading container ships have increased in size by 54% over the past 8 years since 1995)
- Adelaide's channels, at 12.2m, are not deep enough to handle the larger ships
- In order to continue to attract direct shipping to the State, the Adelaide Outer Harbor channel must be deepened by 2 metres to a minimum of 14.2 metres
- By the year 2013 if the channel is not deepened:
- $2.8 billion per year of SA trade will be at risk
- 150,000 containers per year will move by road or rail to Melbourne
- Road and rail transport accident costs will be higher by $850,000 per year
- Greenhouse gas emission damage will be higher by $650,000 per year
- Road damage will be higher by $1.8m per year
- Employment will be lower by 2,000 jobs
- The benefits of the channel deepening to the State have been estimated at between $500 million (including freight, safety, environment and road maintenance savings) and $1.9 billion (full economy wide impact) over a 20 year period - this does not include the value of benefits to the grain industry resulting from the use of larger ships
- The cost of dredging is estimated at $55 million
- Flinders Ports can provide funding of approximately $18 million - savings from the relocation of the new Outer Harbor grain berth
- Flinders Ports set aside $62.4 million for dredging to the Government at the time of privatisation of Ports Corp
- In conjunction with the dredging, Flinders Ports will:
- Extend the container berth by 140m at a cost of $13 million
- Maintain the deepened channel at a cost of $1.4 million per year
- The State Government and Flinders Ports have prepared a $1.25 million channel deepening environmental impact assessment
- The earliest completion date has been estimated at late 2005
Channel Deepening - News and Media Releases
Please click on the links below to view the relevant report. Note that all reports are provided as pdf files;
Outer Harbor Channel Deepening Executive Summary (1.9mb pdf)
Photograph Of Proposed Channel Deepening (1.7mb pdf)
Flinders Ports Media Release TUE 08 August 2006
SA's international business reputation boosted by opening of $45 million deepened shipping channel
State Government Media Release TUE 08 August 2006
Outer Harbor - Open for panamax business
The Advertiser WED 15 February 2006
Levies to pay for expanded Outer Harbor
The Australian WED 15 February 2006
Global Business Brief - Infrastructure
Flinders Ports Media Release TUE 14 February 2006
$45m deepening of State's main port delivers new economic opportunities for SA
State Government Media Release TUE 14 February 2006
$45m harbor dredging finished
Flinders Ports Media Release FRI 11 March 2005
New Era Dawns for SA as State Govt Commits to Channel Deepening
Flinders Ports Media Release FRI 11 March 2005
Deeper Port To Lift SA Economy
The Weekend Australian Financial Review 15 January 2005
Rann Asked To Dig Deep
The Advertiser SAT 15 January 2005
Port Work Becomes A Priority
Flinders Ports Media Release 14 January 2005
New Victorian Threat To Beat SA To Channel Dredging 'first'
The Advertiser TUE 06 July 2004
Deepen Harbour Or Lose Business
The Sunday Mail SUN 13 June 2004
Deepen Harbour Or Lose Trade Warning
The Advertiser TUE 25 May 2004
Port Jobs In Danger
The Advertiser TUE 30 March 2004
$300m Vision To Turn The Tide For Port
Flinders Ports Media Release TUE 30 March 2004
Flinders Ports Welcomes Government's Channel Deepening Commitment
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