Ports hit new highs
Published Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 at 01:01 PM
Minister for Transport, Trade, Employment and Industrial Relations
The Honourable John Mickel
World demand for minerals helped to set new export records for some Queensland ports last financial year.
The Ports Corporation of Queensland's trading ports all had a busy year, led by the word's largest coal exporting port of Hay Point near Mackay, Abbot Point north of Bowen and Weipa.
Transport Minister John Mickel said bauxite exports, most of which head to Gladstone, drove Weipa on the north west coast Cape York Peninsula to a record trade of 19.7 million tonnes per year, up from 18 million tonnes.
"The Port of Hay Point retained its position as the world's largest coal export port by shifting 86.2 million tonnes," Mr Mickel said.
The Ports Corporation's annual report for the 2006-07 financial year has been tabled in Queensland Parliament, highlighting a big year for development and expansion at the ports.
The corporation spent $105.2 million on major capital works, including the completion of major dredging programs at Hay Point and Weipa.
"The $116 million X21 expansion at Abbott Point is also being delivered on time, and will increase the port's export capacity from 15 million to 21 million tonnes per annum," the minister said.
Other ports in the corporation's portfolio include the trading ports of Lucinda, Mourilyan, Cape Flattery, Karumba and Skardon River, and community ports at Thursday Island and Quintell Beach.
Fast facts from the Ports Corporation of Queensland's annual report:
• Ports Corporation of Queensland is one of Australia's largest port authorities by tonnage, and more than half of Queensland's exports, by tonnage, pass through its ports
• 1682 ships visited PCQ ports during 2006-07
• Ports Corporation of Queensland ports handled approximately $15 billion dollars worth of exports in 2006-07
• Hay Point is the largest coal export port in the world
• as at 30 June 2007, the Ports Corporation of Queensland had 43 employees.
Media contact: Chris Brown (07) 3237 1944 or Nathan Moir 3235 4060
November 14, 2007
The Ports Corporation of Queensland's trading ports all had a busy year, led by the word's largest coal exporting port of Hay Point near Mackay, Abbot Point north of Bowen and Weipa.
Transport Minister John Mickel said bauxite exports, most of which head to Gladstone, drove Weipa on the north west coast Cape York Peninsula to a record trade of 19.7 million tonnes per year, up from 18 million tonnes.
"The Port of Hay Point retained its position as the world's largest coal export port by shifting 86.2 million tonnes," Mr Mickel said.
The Ports Corporation's annual report for the 2006-07 financial year has been tabled in Queensland Parliament, highlighting a big year for development and expansion at the ports.
The corporation spent $105.2 million on major capital works, including the completion of major dredging programs at Hay Point and Weipa.
"The $116 million X21 expansion at Abbott Point is also being delivered on time, and will increase the port's export capacity from 15 million to 21 million tonnes per annum," the minister said.
Other ports in the corporation's portfolio include the trading ports of Lucinda, Mourilyan, Cape Flattery, Karumba and Skardon River, and community ports at Thursday Island and Quintell Beach.
Fast facts from the Ports Corporation of Queensland's annual report:
• Ports Corporation of Queensland is one of Australia's largest port authorities by tonnage, and more than half of Queensland's exports, by tonnage, pass through its ports
• 1682 ships visited PCQ ports during 2006-07
• Ports Corporation of Queensland ports handled approximately $15 billion dollars worth of exports in 2006-07
• Hay Point is the largest coal export port in the world
• as at 30 June 2007, the Ports Corporation of Queensland had 43 employees.
Media contact: Chris Brown (07) 3237 1944 or Nathan Moir 3235 4060
November 14, 2007