Australia: Derailment disrupts coal deliveries to Gladstone port

Coal exports from Australia’s key Gladstone port in Queensland have been disrupted by a derailment on the train line entering the port on 16 Nov’21, closing the track for some hours while the train was removed. The train has been removed, but the full track will not be operational until 23 Nov. Gladstone handles cargo of around 102 mn t/year.