The coal was transported to the port via a 5-km horse-drawn tramway.
The railway was formed in 1979 to transport phosphate to the port in Aqaba.
A separation plant was built in Kirkenes and the company decided to transport all ore from the mine to the port by rail.
However it took caravans days to transport the goods from the fields to the port.
The waste was transported by road to the southern port under police supervision during daylight hours, the company said.
In 1789, foreign vessels were given permission to transport Asian goods to the port of Manila.
The concentrate is mixed with water and transported to the port by a 304 kilometre pipeline.
The growth of this industrial centre was facilitated by the railway, transporting goods to the port of Santos.
The arrival of the railway in 1848 made it far easier to transport goods to and from the port.
Local sugarcane plantations used the railroad to transport sugar to the port in Recife.
