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Port Adelaide
UN/LOCODE AUPAE · Scale rank #315 worldwide
- Harbour size
- Medium
- Harbour type
- river (natural)
- Cargo pier depth
- 12.5 m
- Largest vessel
- 348.0 m
Overview
Port Adelaide is a medium seaport in Australia – harbour type: river (natural). Cargo pier depth up to 12.5 m; channel depth 14.0 m. Largest vessels accepted: length 348.0 m, beam 49.0 m, draft 13.2 m. Water body: Indian Ocean.
- Country
- Australia
- Water body
- Indian Ocean
- UN/LOCODE
AUPAE- WPI number
- 54220
- Coordinates
- -34.8500, 138.5000
- Harbour size
- Medium
- Harbour type
- river (natural)
- Shelter
- Excellent
Location
Infrastructure & depths
Berths & cargo facilities
- ✓ Wharves
- ✓ Anchorage
- ✓ Container terminal
- ✓ Ro-Ro
- ✓ Solid bulk
- ✓ Liquid bulk
- ✓ Breakbulk
- ✗ LNG terminal
Cranes & lifts
- ✓ Mobile cranes
- ✓ Lifts 50–100 t
- ✓ Lifts 25–49 t
- ✓ Lifts 0–24 t
- Repairs
- Moderate
- Railway
- Large
Services & access
Pilotage, tugs & traffic
- ✓ Pilotage compulsory
- ✓ Pilotage available
- ✓ Tug assistance
- ✗ Salvage tugs
- ✓ First port of entry
Services & supplies
- ✓ Longshoremen
- ✓ Electricity
- ✓ Electrical repair
- ✓ Navigation equipment
- ✓ Medical facilities
- ✓ Garbage disposal
- ✓ Dirty ballast disposal
- ✓ Provisions
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Fuel oil
- ✓ Diesel oil
- ✓ Deck supplies
- ✓ Engine supplies
- ✓ Airport nearby
- ✓ Rail connection
Entrance restrictions
- ✓ Tide: no
- ✓ Heavy swell: no
- ✓ Ice: no
- ✓ Other: no
✓ available · ✗ not available; items without data are hidden (World Port Index).
Vessel schedules
No liner service calling at Port Adelaide in the schedule data yet.
Schedules & tracking of major carriers:
Trade with Vietnam
Vietnam and Australia share 3 FTA(s) – goods meeting the rules of origin enjoy preferential duties:
- AANZFTA – ASEAN–Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area
- CPTPP – Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
- RCEP – Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Australia market profile →International shippingSteel & steel structure manufacturing
Nearby ports
| Port | Country | Harbour size | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Lincoln | AU | Medium | 242 km |
| Portland | AU | Small | 476 km |
| Port Bonython | AU | Small | 215 km |
| Port Pirie | AU | Small | 191 km |
| Thevenard | AU | Small | 540 km |
| Whyalla | AU | Small | 219 km |
| Port Giles | AU | Very small | 70 km |
| Wallaroo | AU | Very small | 130 km |
Sources: World Port Index (NGA Pub. 150) – retrieved 2026-10-14; TEU: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports. For reference – confirm with the port or agent before operations. · Sailing Directions Pub. 175 (Enroute) - North West and South Coasts of Australia ↗