Fremantle port (port code: AUFRE) is a large deep-water port in Australia. It is located at the mouth of the Swan River on the southwest coast of Australia.
The port consists of outer and inner harbour. The outer harbour is situated 20 kilometers south of the river mouth at Kwinana and handles dry and liquid bulk cargoes such as grain, petroleum products, caustic soda, alumina, sands, cement clinker, sulphur and fertilisers. The inner harbour within the mouth of the river, handles the port's general cargo, containers, breakbulk, livestock and cruise ships.
The port handles approximately 25,044,193t of cargo and 506,000TEU annually. Main exports from this port are petroleum products, grain, oil seed, wool, meat, fruit, minerals, livestock, containers, and alumina. Main imports include petroleum products, steel, fertilisers, chemicals, timber, containers, motor vehicles, general cargo, and caustic soda.
Each year about 1,575 vessels and 14,000 passengers visit this port. The types of vessels regularly calling at this port are sailing vessels, accounting for around 56%, and cargo vessels, taking up approximately 19%. The maximum length of the vessels recorded to having entered this port is 337 meters. The maximum draught is 14.2 meters. The maximum deadweight is 117,333t.