AUTHOR: Matthew Kelly SECTION: GENERAL NEWS ARTICLE TYPE: NEWS ITEM AUDIENCE : 16,626 PAGE: 9 PRINTED SIZE: 445.00cm² REGION: NSW MARKET: ASR: AUD 6,664 WORDS: 384 ITEM ID: 1336746813

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Newcastle Herald, Newcastle Page 1 of 2 Park's big plans for extra storage Senator impressed with port's potential

BY MATTHEW KELLY

KOORAGANG Island could "When you look at the expand upon that to secure be the location of a new one subcontracting jobs and the the economic viability of billion litre diesel storage fa- increased throughput in the as an cility under plans to expand port,itwillhaveaverylarge absolute powerhouse of the the 's fuel flow-on effect in the regional nation is critical." storage capacity. economy," MrFletcher said. Park Fuels, which built a The Newcastle Herald re- state-of-the-art terminal at ported on Tuesday that the Koorgang five years ago, cur- Port of Newcastle had ear- rently stores 54 million litres marked three sites within the of diesel on the island. port as future fuel storages. But it hopes to increase The sites at Walsh Point, that to a billion litres by the Precinct building new storage tanks adjacent to the Greenleaf and the Mayfield Precinct Road facility. are contained in the port's The quantity represents response to a federal govern- the majority of the 1.5 billion ment Request for Informa- litres that the federal govern- tion about opportunities to ment wants to add to the na- increase Australia's domestic tion's onshore diesel storage fuel storage capacity reserves. Liberal senator Hollie Park Fuels chief executive Hughes, who toured the sites Brett Fletcher said the ex- on Tuesday, said she was pansion could be completed convinced Newcastle was an by 2024 if the project was ap- ideal location for increased proved early next year. fuel storage. "I think Newcastle is abso- "The land is sitting there lutely the best spot," Senator next to our terminal, which Hughes said. was built to scale-up," he "It is critical for not only said. its location but also the fact Twelve people are cur- that it already has such great rently employed on site. This infrastructure, it already has would increase to 32 if the aportwithdeepaccess,you expansion went ahead. have the roads, the rail, all About 200 construction of those access points are jobs would be created during already there and ability to the construction phase.

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BIRD'S-EYE VIEW: Port of Newcastle chief executive CraigCarmodyandSenatorHollieHughestourthethree storage sites on Tuesday.

FUEL FOR THOUGHT: Port of Newcastle had earmarked three sites within the port as future fuel storages.

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