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Kwinana Grain Terminal

Kwinana Grain Terminal is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kwinana Grain Terminal rather than just read about it. In short: The Kwinana Grain Terminal is a grain terminal in East Rockingham, Western Australia. Completed in 1977 and operated by the CBH Group, the facility consists of a jetty, two horizontal storages, three silos, and four open bulk heads.

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Reference excerpt

The Kwinana Grain Terminal is a grain terminal in East Rockingham, Western Australia. Completed in 1977 and operated by the CBH Group, the facility consists of a jetty, two horizontal storages, three silos, and four open bulk heads. Grain is transported to the site by rail, stored, and eventually loaded onto ships for export. The facility is a landmark for the Rockingham and Kwinana area and was heritage listed in March 2008. It accounts for over fifty percent of Western Australia's international grain exports.

History Grain shipments from Western Australia were originally processed from Fremantle Harbour. However, the facility suffered constraints as it could not be enlarged and the harbour could not be deepened to accommodate the increasing size of bulk carriers. The Kwinana Industrial Area, which had been developed since the 1950s, was chosen as the site of a new grain terminal because of the availability of land, the access to a deep water port in Cockburn Sound and the available rail connection.

Construction of the terminal began in 1969 and was completed in 1977 being officially opened by Premier of Western Australia Charles Court.The first shipment of grain left the terminal 5 July 1977 for the Mexican Gulf. The terminal set an early record of 78,507 tonnes (170 million pounds) shipped on an individual vessel from Western Australia, MV Bjorgholm, on 22 November 1979, which was not broken until 2014, when a ship carrying just 129 tonnes (280 thousand pounds) more left Esperance for Saudi Arabia. The grain terminal component was built on the eastern, landwards side of Rockingham Beach Road, with grain being conveyed underneath the road to the jetty on the western side, thereby maintaining public access to the beach. A granary museum was established at the terminal in the 1990s.

Jetty The jetty of the facility, the CBH Grain Jetty, is a single-berth jetty and can load grain at up to 5,000 tonnes per hour (3,100 pounds per second). It has a berth length of 291 metres (955 ft), and four ship loaders. It is part of the Fremantle Outer Harbour. The jetty can accommodate bulk carriers up to a size of 75,000 tonnes (170 million pounds), and, on average, processes 130 shipments per year. The beach either side of the jetty, the northern end of Rockingham Beach and the southern end of Kwinana Beach, is an off-leash dog exercise area, while the beach north of it is also a horse exercise area until 10 AM, with horses permitted to swim until noon.

Shipments In 2019–20, the terminal shipped 6.2 million tonnes (14 billion pounds) of grain, 30 thousand tonnes (66 million pounds) below its all-time shipping record which it set in 2016–17. The facility can receive up to 4 thousand tonnes per hour (2,400 pounds per second) of grain by rail.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Kwinana Grain Terminal

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kwinana Grain Terminal claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kwinana Grain Terminal before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kwinana Grain Terminal ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kwinana Grain Terminal

In research: Kwinana Grain Terminal appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Kwinana Grain Terminal in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Kwinana Grain Terminal is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1977 establishments in Australia, CBH Group, East Rockingham, Western Australia, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Kwinana Grain Terminal outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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