Port of Townsville

Port of Townsville is a central authority-owned Corporation and seaport in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is the third largest seaport in Queensland after Port of Brisbane and the Central Queensland Port in Gladstone. It is positioned south of the mouth of Ross Creek and north of the Ross River. A second seaport, which only exports sugar is determined about one hundred kilometres north of Townsville at Lucinda and is also controlled with the resource of Port of Townsville Limited. The Port of Townsville is intrinsically connected to the sustainability of the North Queensland economic gadget, and throughout 2014/2015 handled $11 billion in trade.

More than 30 one-of-a-kind commodity types are imported and exported via Townsville which encompass mineral ores, fertiliser, concentrates, sugar and motor motors. Townsville is the number one port in Australia for exports in copper, zinc, lead and sugar. In 2014, really under 250,000 head of live livestock were shipped from the Port of Townsville, making it the second one largest stay export port in Australia after Darwin. The Port of Townsville's Berth 10 became especially designed to address the Royal Australian Navy's new LHD vessels, HMAS Adelaide and HMAS Canberra and the port moreover comprises US Navy on relaxation and recovery in Townsville.