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Port Information

Ports North owns and operates the Port of Cairns. The Port of Cairns is the most northern port on the eastern seaboard and is the closest port to the Great Barrier Reef. It is a small multi purpose regional port that caters for a diverse range of customers.

  • The Port’s bulk cargo includes petroleum products, sugar, fertiliser and liquid petroleum gas.
  • The Port has long been the natural consolidation and redistribution centre for supplies that are shipped to the coastal communities north of Cairns as well as the Torres Strait Islands and the Gulf of Carpentaria.
  • The Port is ideally located as a supply and service centre for mine operations in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia with regular mine servicing shipping operations out of the Port.
  • The Port is one of the countries busiest cruising destinations with both major international cruise ships and a number of domestic cruise vessels operating out of Cairns on a weekly basis.
  • The Cairns Marlin Marina is a 217 berth Marina accommodating a variety of cruising vessels, superyachts and reef vessel operations servicing the Great Barrier Reef.
  • Sailfish Quay, within the Cairns Marlin Marina, provides world class superyacht berths for vessels up to 80m.
  • A newly constructed Reef Fleet Terminal provides the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef for more than 650,000 passengers that visit the reef from Cairns each year.
  • The Cityport project, located immediately adjacent to the Cairns CBD, with a detailed Masterplan, provides a range of unrivalled waterfront tourism, commercial and residential property development opportunities.
  • The Port has extensive land holdings available for lease to Seaport customers.
  • The Port is home to Australia’s largest fishing fleet.
  • The Port offers extensive and experienced ship building and repair services with a number of slipways and dry docks up to 3,000 tonne capacity for a diverse range of ship maintenance requirements. The shipyards offer some of the most experienced, quality assured luxury repair facilities for superyachts in the southern hemisphere.