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Coal carriers are loaded Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal jetties near Mackay. Daryl Wright
North Queensland was sweating in an unseasonable heatwave when the bulk carrier Kinko Maru started taking on board a controversial coal shipment.
The ship, as long as a dozen cricket pitches, was loaded with 87,270 tonnes of coal at the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal that August weekend in 2018, as temperatures in nearby Mackay hit 30 degrees.
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