Norocholai coal jetty

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Norocholai coal jetty is a jetty where coal barges unload coal via a conveyor belt system to the stockpiles next to the Lakvijaya Power Plant at Norocholai, Sri Lanka. Coal is offloaded from ships approximately 5 kilometres out to sea and barged to the coal jetty for offloading.

Location

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