Port Development

We provide the necessary infrastructure to facilitate trade growth through the sustainable planning and development of new facilities and the maintenance and management of existing facilities at the Port of Brisbane.

Over the past 20 years, $1.6 billion has been invested in capital works. 

In 2011 Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd is committed to infrastructure projects such as the Captain Bishop Bridge duplication, construction of Berths 11 & 12 and the development of the award-winning Future Port Expansion area - which will provide a further 230 hectares of port land and increased quay line.

Infrastructure Projects

Captain Bishop Bridge
This project includes the duplication of the Captain Bishop Bridge - the entry point to the main port complex at Fisherman Islands - and associated road upgrades. Once the project is complete, Lucinda Drive will eventually become the main thoroughfare for port traffic, and Port Drive will become a secondary road.

Throughout the duration of the project, changes to traffic condition will occur, and restrictions to boat traffic will apply from August 2010.
 
Works Schedule

During the construction period, and until the completion of the Port of Brisbane Motorway Upgrade, bikeway cycling on Fisherman Islands will not be permitted for safety reasons.

Download Captain Bishop Bridge project information brochure (PDF)

Click here to access information on the Port of Brisbane Motorway Upgrade

Berth 11 & 12
Work is continuing on the construction of Berths 11 and 12, which will be occupied by Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) when completed in 2012 and 2014 respectively. This will make Brisbane the first port in Australia to introduce a third container stevedore.

Future Port Expansion
Work continues on the award-winning Future Port Expansion area, which will provide a further 230 hectares of port land and increased quay line.
As well as reclaiming the Future Port Expansion area with dredged material, PBPL has embarked on large scale wick drain and vacuum trials to assess the effectiveness of these ground improvement techniques to speed up the consolidation of the dredged mud and deep deposits of soft clay which underlie the area.
The trials have provided successful results, insights and lessons to the accelerated treatment of reclaimed land. Subsequent contracts are underway for treatment of 9.3 hectares with vacuum consolidation and 26 hectares with wick drains.

Sand Extraction Project
PBPL received approval from the Environmental Protection Agency to remove 15 million cubic metres of sand from the Spitfire Channel in Moreton Bay over 15 years. The Spitfire Channel forms part of the 90km navigational shipping channel, which stretches from the northern tip of Bribie Island to the mouth of the Brisbane River.
This project will straighten and widen the channel, shortening its length and removing two sharp turns. The removed sand will be used in the reclamation of the FPE.

Port of Brisbane Motorway
The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads has confirmed the upgrade of Stage 1 and 2 of the Port of Brisbane Motorway. The $385 million contract will deliver a dual carriageway from the existing Gateway Motorway to the start of Port Drive, ensuring the port has reliable road access. As part of the port's privatisation, PBPL was made responsible for the maintenance and future upgrade of Stage 3 of the motorway - a 3.2 kilometre public road. The cost estimates for the future capacity upgrades of the motorway are in the range of $200 million over the next 10 years.

For more information please go to the media statement released on this.

Past Infrastructure Projects

General Purpose Berth and Terminal
The 210 metre GP Berth was opened in 2009. The $57 million heavy-lift berth and terminal area is being used to support the growth of bulk and break-bulk cargoes at the Port of Brisbane.

Port Office – PBPL Head Office
Construction of the PBPL Head Office is now completed. This building is PBPL’s new headquarters, and is designed and fitted-out to achieve a 5 star green star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia.

Wharf 10
Wharf 10, the seventh dedicated container berth (372m), constructed at a cost of $65 million (officially opened in 2009) is now leased to Patrick Terminals.

The wharf expansion helped facilitate ‘the slide’ of the two container stevedores along the quay line and their expansions to over 900m of quay line each. Patrick operates from berths 8, 9 and 10, while DP World operates from berths 4, 5, 6 and 7.