Gladstone port (port code: AUGLT) is a large natural deep-water harbour in Australia with protected waters sheltered by harbour islands. It is situated approximately 160 kilometers north of Hervey Bay and 525 kilometers north of Brisbane.
The port handles approximately 74,000,000t of cargo. The principal imports include 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. The main exports are coal, woodchip, alumina, aluminum, fly ash, cement, cement clinker, magnesia, calcite, cotton. seed, magnesite, general cargo, bunker coal, grain, containers, limestone, break bulk, cement gypsum, light fuel oil, ultra-low sulphury naphtha.
Each year over 1,300 vessels visit this port, among which about 48% are cargo vessels and around 18% are tankers. The maximum length of the vessels recorded to having entered this port is 300 meters. The maximum draught is 12.7 meters. The maximum deadweight is 210,036t.
