ABOUT THE PORT
Section 1: About The Port - Port of Brisbane
Section 1: About The Port - Port of Brisbane
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Who we are<br />
The Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd (PBPL) manages and<br />
develops Queensland’s largest multi-cargo port under<br />
a 99-year lease from the Queensland Government.<br />
Owned by Q Port Holdings, PBPL is responsible for<br />
developing the port and related facilities, and for the<br />
provision of key services like maintaining navigable<br />
access to the port for commercial shipping, and the<br />
operation of the Brisbane Multimodal Terminal.<br />
With over $1.6 billion in capital works invested over the<br />
last 20 years, PBPL offers world-class cargo handling and<br />
warehousing facilities, 31 operating berths over 7,860m<br />
of quayline, and deep- water berths and channel (14m).<br />
Health and Safety<br />
We strive to provide a healthy and safe workplace for<br />
all of our employees, contractors and visitors ensuring<br />
safety remains our number one company value.<br />
Our key objectives are to have:<br />
• a workplace where health and safety management<br />
and leadership is a core responsibility of our<br />
managers and supervisors<br />
• a workplace where health and safety management<br />
and leadership is integrated into core business<br />
activities<br />
• a culture that inspires awareness of and personal<br />
responsibility for health and safety<br />
• an occupational health and safety management<br />
system that meets AS4801 requirements and complies<br />
with statutory obligations and expectations.<br />
About the port<br />
Located in South East Queensland<br />
and strategically placed at the mouth<br />
of the Brisbane River, free from urban<br />
encroachment.<br />
One of Australia’s most diverse ports and<br />
Queensland’s largest multi-cargo port,<br />
with facilities for containers, general cargo,<br />
motor vehicles and bulk.<br />
Room to grow, with available port land<br />
for both large and small developments,<br />
including the 90ha Port West estate and<br />
the 230ha future port expansion area.<br />
Over 35 shipping lines service the port,<br />
making over 2,500 calls each year.<br />
Up to five sailing days closer to Asia<br />
than the southern ports of Sydney<br />
and Melbourne.<br />
2 | Shipping Handbook 2013/14