About

• Provides 850,000 tonnes of storage via silo and bunker storage
• Offers the ability for up to 1 million tonnes of grain to be stored 
• Features a 530 m wharf to cater for Panamax class vessels
• Upgrades to a substantial area of existing roads and intersections to cater for additional truck movement
• Capable of handling peak harvest loads of up to 30,000 tonnes per day 
• Features it’s own onsite energy generation
• Will significantly reduce truck movements out of Port Lincoln following the closure of the rail line
• State of the art facility allowing the most efficient and timely unloading facilities for grain growers

WHY is it happening?

• Driven and owned by EP locals, it provides local farmers and the local community with the power to control their livelihood, utilise local suppliers and create local job opportunities
• It will significantly reduce traffic congestion and transport distances, and hence creates logistic efficiencies,  reducing the time to move product to market
• Port Spencer will support global shipping organisations by facilitating the smoother movement of ships, easier completion of cargo transfers and hence shorter departure times once loaded
  – Less than 2 days for 70,000T ships to be loaded
  – Around 20 ships per year
  – Caters for Panamax class vessels

WHERE is Port Spencer?

• The Port is strategically positioned at Lipson Cove on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. It’s 65km north east of Port Lincoln which is presently the closest grain terminal for the region.
• It’s in the heart of Eyre Peninsula’s grain production region, with a natural catchment of approximately 1.6 million tonnes and located economically closer to or equidistant to any other port.