Once all three stages are complete in 2020, the Wiggins Island Coal Terminal will have an export capacity of 70million tonnes per year.

The main components of Wiggins Island are:

  Three dump stations and three inloading conveyor streams to the stockyard
  Coal stockyard and materials handling systems – including automated travelling bridge stackers
  Three shiploading conveyor streams serving three shiploaders across four berths
  An additional two berths for other purposes (six berths in total)
  Internal power distribution, control systems and communications
  Substation, workshops, administration, security, amenities and lighting for the coal terminal and rail provisioning facility
  Vegetation planting around the facility
  Dust minimisation through automated placement of coal on the stockpile; use of enclosed conveyors; Dust Extinction Moisture (DEM) analysis and the use of water sprays and veneers on the coal surface.
  Insulated equipment to reduce noise pollution
  Water system management to contain any runoff