Capacity
In September 2006, RBCT set a new world record by loading and exporting 409 809 tons of coal in a 24 hour period at an annualised rate of 149.17 million tons per annum (Mt/a). Potential throughput is to reach 91 million tons a year by the first half of 2009.
In 2007 annual throughput was 66.12 million tons, despite a capacity of 76 million tons, due to rail deliveries failing to reach expectations.
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Famous quotes containing the word capacity:
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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