Summary
Max. Size:
Breakbulk:
Displacement 85,000 tonnes, depth 11.4 m.
Containers:
Displacement 85,000 tonnes, depth 11.4 m.
Bulk:
Displacement 140,000 tonnes, depth 18.8 m.
Tankers:
Displacement 104,250 tonnes, depth 12.9 m.
Gas:
Displacement 153,000 tonnes, LOA 315 m., beam 55.0 m.
Fuel:
All grades.
Airport:
Gladstone (GLT) 3 km.
Repairs/Drydocks:
Minor deck and engine repairs possible.
Medical:
Facilities available.
Gladstone
AUGLT
Including -
- Auckland Point - 23° 50.00′ S, 151° 15.00′ E
Also see
General before first Australia port
OVERVIEW:
A naturally sheltered port, Gladstone is the principal port of central Queensland.
It is one of the largest coal export ports in Australia. Imports include ammonia,
bauxite, bunker fuel, caustic soda, copper slag, gypsum, LPG, liquid pitch, magnetite,
petcoke and petroleum products. Exports include alumina, aluminium, ammonium nitrate,
calcite, cement, cement clinker, coal, cotton seed, fly ash, ilmenite, limestone,
magnesia, magnesite and scrap metal.
LOCATION:
On the NE coast of Queensland, 450 km., NNW of Brisbane.
CHARTS:
Digital: AU424151 and AU5GLT01.
Paper: BA AUS819.
Publications:
NP15, Australia Pilot Vol 3.
PORT LIMITS:
Gladstone pilotage area bounded by a line connecting the following positions:
- 23° 42.91′ S, 151° 17.66′ E (Connor Bluff)
- 23° 49.51′ S, 151° 34.66′ E
- 23° 56.51′ S, 151° 34.66′ E
- 23° 59.43′ S, 151° 26.43′ E (Tiber Point)
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