Port of Bundaberg is located at
Burnett Heads
Burnett Heads is a coastal town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Burnett Heads had a population of 2,656 people.
Geography
The locality of Burnett Heads is on the southern side of the Burnett ...
, northeast of the city of
Bundaberg
Bundaberg is a city in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, and is the tenth largest city in the state. Bundaberg's regional area has a population of 70,921, and is a major centre of the Wide Bay–Burnett geographical region. The Bun ...
, 5.6 nautical miles from the mouth of the
Burnett River
The Burnett River is a river located in the Wide Bay–Burnett and Central Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The Burnett River rises in the Burnett Range, part of the Great Dividing Range, close to Mount Gaeta a ...
in
Queensland
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, Australia. The port is a destination for ships from Australia and overseas. It is predominantly used for out shipping raw sugar, other goods related to that industry such as
Bundaberg Rum
Bundaberg Rum, colloquially known as Bundy, is a dark rum produced in Bundaberg East, Queensland, Australia, by the Bundaberg Distilling Company. In 2010, the Bundaberg Distilling Company was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall ...
and
molasses
Molasses () is a viscous substance resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, method of extraction and age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is primarily used to sweeten and flavour foods ...
and importing
Gypsum
Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula . It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, blackboard or sidewalk chalk, and drywall. ...
to supply a
Knauf
Knauf Gips KG is a multinational, family-owned company based in Iphofen, Germany, well known for drywall gypsum boards, founded in 1932. The company is a producer of building materials and construction systems comprising construction materials for ...
factory situated adjacent.
Bundaberg Port is wholly owned and managed by the
Gladstone Ports Corporation.
Bulk raw sugar can be stored in two large sheds which are loaded via a travelling gantry loader.
Bulk molasses is stored in three tanks and are loaded via a pipeline.
Ship size is limited to 200 m in
length overall
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Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline. This length is important while docking the ship. It is the most commonly used way of expressing the size of a ship, an ...
.
There are two berths.
History
![StateLibQld 1 258491 Sailing ships laying at anchor in the harbour, Bundaberg, ca](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/StateLibQld_1_258491_Sailing_ships_laying_at_anchor_in_the_harbour%2C_Bundaberg%2C_ca._1894.jpg)
Port facilities began in the town reach of the Burnett River. This site became unsuitable for larger bulk ships. The port moved to the mouth of the river and was opened in 1958.
In late December 2010, the port was closed due to the flooding of the Burnett River during the
2010–2011 Queensland floods
A series of floods hit Queensland, Australia, beginning in November 2010. The floods forced the evacuation of thousands of people from towns and cities. At least 90 towns and over 200,000 people were affected. Damage initially was estimated at ...
.
Emergency dredging occurred the following February to re-open the port,
which was opened on 4 March 2011.
See also
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List of ports in Australia
This is a list of ports in Australia. It includes all gazetted ports, harbours, havens, roadsteads and marinas.
This list is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia.Gazetteer of Australia (1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surv ...
References
External links
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Bundaberg
Bundaberg
Bundaberg is a city in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, and is the tenth largest city in the state. Bundaberg's regional area has a population of 70,921, and is a major centre of the Wide Bay–Burnett geographical region. The Bun ...
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