, ▁directly ▁opposite ▁the ▁Five ▁Islands . ▁Red ▁Point ▁and ▁the ▁Five ▁Islands ▁provided ▁some ▁protection ▁from ▁sou ther ly ▁weather .   ▁This ▁new ▁port ▁was ▁named ▁Port ▁K emb la , ▁after ▁the ▁Mount ▁K emb la ▁mine ▁from ▁where ▁the ▁coal ▁was ▁transport ed ▁by ▁rail . ▁ ▁A ▁second ▁jet ty ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁Southern ▁Co al ▁Company ▁was ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁which ▁loaded ▁coal ▁sent ▁by ▁rail ▁from ▁the ▁Cor r imal ▁Col li ery . ▁This ▁second ▁jet ty ▁used ▁a ▁s oph istic ated ▁loading ▁arrangement ▁capable ▁of ▁loading ▁ 3 0 0 ▁tons / hour , ▁which ▁was ▁greater ▁than ▁the ▁capacity ▁of ▁the ▁conventional ▁jet ty ▁loading ▁arrang ements ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁Southern ▁Co al ▁Company ▁wh arf ▁was ▁located ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁M t ▁K emb la ▁wh arf . ▁ ▁After ▁Port ▁K emb la ▁was ▁selected ▁for ▁further ▁development ▁as ▁the ▁main ▁port ▁for ▁the ▁Il la war ra ▁region , ▁the ▁two ▁existing ▁coal ▁wh ar ves ▁and ▁ 4 9 6 . 5 ▁acres ▁of ▁for esh ore ▁land ▁were ▁acquired ▁by ▁the ▁government — d uring ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 0 1 — but ▁the ▁companies ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁continue ▁to ▁use ▁their ▁former ▁wh ar ves ▁pending ▁a ▁public ▁tender . ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁earlier ▁years — m uch ▁like ▁the ▁other ▁ocean ▁jet ty ▁coal ▁ports — Port ▁K emb la '