Port governance

We monitor the performance and provide oversight over Queensland's 4 port government owned corporations:

• North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation Limited—responsible for the ports of Abbot Point, Mackay, Hay Point and Weipa
• Port of Townsville Limited—responsible for the ports of Townsville and Lucinda
• Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited—responsible for the ports of Gladstone, Bundaberg, Rockhampton and the non-trading port of Maryborough.
• Far North Queensland Ports Corporation Limited (trading as Ports North)—is responsible for the ports of Cairns, Cape Flattery, Karumba, Mourilyan, Skardon River, the community ports of Quintell Beach and Thursday Island and the non-trading ports of Burketown and Cooktown.

The Port of Brisbane is managed and developed by the privately owned Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd under a 99-year lease from the Queensland Government. Rio Tinto Limited owns, operates and manages the Chith Export Facility which services the Amrun bauxite mine.

Queensland’s port government owned corporations operate under the Government Owned Corporations Act 1993 and the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994. This enables the Queensland government to retain ownership of the port government owned corporations through shareholding Ministers and to set overall strategic direction.

Each port government owned corporation has an independent Board of Directors, who are accountable to 2 shareholding Ministers; the Minister responsible for finance and the Minister responsible for transport.