Barging and Shipping

Barging operations are by tug and flat top barge combinations transporting coal either directly to consumers receival ports or coastal offshore anchorage locations for trans-shipment to bulk carriers, or to coal terminal facilities.

Transshipment is by loading from barges to bulk carriers at an anchorage 15 nautical miles off the Barito river entrance channel. Loading is either by ships gear or by 4 floating transshipment system which can load vessels up to 200,000 dwt at up to 25,000 tonnes per day.

Adaro also transships coal through the Pulau Laut Terminal operated by PT Indonesia Bulk Terminal which has a throughput capacity of 12 million tonnes per year and can load panamax vessels in less than two days.