The shipping platform

Location: The port of Brisbane is located between Lat 26°39'S and Lat 27°41'S and Long 153°00'E and Long 153°30'E. General overview: Brisbane is Australia's third largest container port. The port's major imports are crude oil, cement, iron and steel, gypsum/limestone, fertilisers and chemicals, timber and wood, paper, building products, transport equipment and motor vehicles. The port's major exports are coal, refined oil, metal ores, scrap, grain, meat and meat products, woodchips and timber, animal and vegetable oils, fertilisers, chemicals, fruit and vegetables, silica sand, cotton, cotton seed, iron and steel. Traffic figures: Approx 31,877,000t of cargo, 896,200TEU and 2,450 vessels handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: Max dimensions of various vessels to use the port: LOA 294m, beam 46m, draught 14.2m, 148,160DWT.