by CLYDEBRAE » Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:17 pm
Alongside Bamletts Wharf, a little downstream from Billingham Reach. Rather ironic that she was caught up in the Beirut explosion, because here she is loading ammonium nitrate. Quite a hefty beast for Bamletts. In the 1990's the majority of cargoes were fertiliser grade nitrate for typically the French and Spanish markets but occasionally cargoes were destined for the Australian mining industry to be used as explosives. "Wilma" was loading one such.