Port
Port of
Brisbane
Brisbane is the shipping port and suburb of Brisbane, on the
east coast of Queensland, Australia.[2] It is located in the lower
reaches of the
Brisbane
Brisbane River on Fisherman Island, an artificial
island reclaimed from the smaller Fisherman Islands group at the mouth
of the river. It currently is the third busiest port in
Australia
Australia and
the nation's fastest growing container port. It includes the main
shipping channel across
Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay which extends 90 kilometres
(56 mi) north to Mooloolaba and is dredged to maintain a depth
fourteen metres at the lowest tide.
Queensland's next two largest ports are the
Port
Port of Gladstone and the
Port
Port of Townsville.
According to the former
Queensland
Queensland Department of Primary Industries
the
Port
Port of
Brisbane
Brisbane was the most likely entry point of the South
American fire ant to Australia.[3]
About 60% of the coal transported through the port originates from the
New Acland Mine.[4]
Contents
1 Facilities
2 Dredging
3 Transport links
4 Expansion
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Facilities[edit]
View from Pinkenba, 2015
View from Redcliffe, 2016
The port is managed by the
Port
Port of
Brisbane
Brisbane Pty Ltd (PBPL) under a
99-year lease from the
Queensland
Queensland Government. The
Port
Port of
Brisbane
Brisbane has
29 operating berths including nine deep-water container berths and
three deep-water bulk berths as well as 17 bulk and general cargo
berths. In total the port facilitates more than 2,600 ships each year
and transports more than 28 million tonnes of cargo each year.[5]
There are two cruise ship wharves for Brisbane, with differing
facilities.
Portside Wharf
Portside Wharf was completed in 2006 and is an
international standard facility for cruise liners, offering
restaurants, coffee shops, gift shops, and more. However, due to the
height restrictions of the Gateway Bridge, the larger oceangoing
cruise liners must dock further down the river at the more industrial
standard Multi User Terminal at the
Port
Port of Brisbane. Multi User
Terminal is managed by the
Port
Port of Brisbane.
The port accommodates a visitors centre and in 2005 a shorebird roost
was constructed. The bird roost is the largest site built specifically
for migratory shorebirds on the east coast of Australia.
Dredging[edit]
Deposits of silt and sediment in the ports channels and berths have
caused delays of up to five days in the delivery of cargo including
oil supplies.[6] This has occurred in 2011, 2013 and 2014. Millions of
dollars is spent on dredging annually.[6]
Transport links[edit]
The
Port
Port of
Brisbane
Brisbane Motorway is a short road linking the Gateway
Motorway to the
Port
Port of Brisbane.
In 1980, the narrow gauge (1,067 mm/3 ft 6 in)
Fisherman Islands line was opened between the port and a junction near
Lindum on the Cleveland line. This was converted to dual 1,435 mm
(4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) / 1,067 mm
(3 ft 6 in) gauge in 1997 under the Keating
Government's One Nation program.[7][8]
Expansion[edit]
Berth
Year
opened
Length
Usage
Occupier
9
-
317
containers
Patrick Corporation
10
2009
372
containers
Patrick Corporation
11
2012
350
containers
Hutchinson Ports Australia
12
2014
310
containers
Hutchinson Ports Australia
The
Port
Port of
Brisbane
Brisbane is currently under a large upgrade and extension
spending A$50 million on infrastructure and a further A$100
million on equipment including over 25 automated straddle carriers
owned by Patrick Corporation.
In January 2008,
Port
Port of
Brisbane
Brisbane Corporation signed an agreement with
Brisbane
Brisbane Container Terminals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison
Port
Port Holdings, subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa, which Hutchison will
operate berths 11 and 12 for 42 years.[9]
See also[edit]
Brisbane
Brisbane portal
Australia
Australia TradeCoast
Transport in Brisbane
References[edit]
^ "Wynnum Manly Ward".
Brisbane
Brisbane City Council.
Brisbane
Brisbane City Council.
Retrieved 12 March 2017.
^ "
Port
Port of
Brisbane
Brisbane (entry 47770)".
Queensland
Queensland Place Names. Queensland
Government. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ "
Queensland
Queensland faces possibly worst ever introduced pest". The 7.30
Report. 2001-03-05. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
^ "Western – Metropolitan Rail Systems Coal Dust Monitoring Program:
Pre-veneering monitoring period results" (PDF). Department of Science,
Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts. 2013. Retrieved 16
November 2014.
^ Bpa.net.au. Bpa.net.au. Retrieved on 2013-07-16.
^ a b Tony Moore (5 December 2014). "Brisbane's oil supplies blocked
by
Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay silt problems".
Brisbane
Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media.
Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ Philip Laird (2001). "Australia's gauge muddle and prospects". Back
on Track: Rethinking Transport Policy in
Australia
Australia and New Zealand.
UNSW Press. p. 191. ISBN 0-86840-411-X. Retrieved
2008-08-16.
^ "A Critique of the Dual Gauge Link to the
Port
Port of Brisbane".
www.rag.org.au. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
^ "HPH to invest A$200 million in port of Brisbane". Hutchison
Whampoa. 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
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