The shipping platform

Location: The port of Gladstone is situated approx 160km N of Hervey Bay and 525km N of Brisbane. General overview: Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) is a government owned corporation and is a natural deepwater harbour with protected waters sheltered by harbour islands. The major cargoes handled at the port are as follows: Imports: Bauxite, LPG, liquid pitch, bunker oil, caustic soda, general cargo, containers, breakbulk, bunker oil, petroleum products, petroleum coke, liquid ammonia, copper slag, magnetite and cement gypsum. Exports: Coal, woodchip, alumina, aluminium, fly ash, cement, cement clinker, magnesia, calcite, cottonseed, magnesite, general cargo, bunker coal, grain, containers, limestone, break bulk, cement gypsum, light fuel oil, ultra low sulphur naphtha. Traffic figures: Approx 74,000,000t of cargo and over 1,300 vessels are handled annually. Load line zone: South Pacific Seasonal Tropical Area, Tropical Apr 1 to Nov 30, Summer Dec 1 to Mar 31. Max size: LOA 315, beam 55m, draught 17.9m. Largest vessel handled: "Iron Pacific", 231,850DWT; LOA 315m; beam 55m (coal). Deepest draught: "Atagosan Maru", loaded draught 17.9m (coal).