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Port Kembla
UN/LOCODE AUPKL · Scale rank #284 worldwide
- Harbour size
- Medium
- Harbour type
- coastal (breakwater)
- Cargo pier depth
- 15.1 m
- Largest vessel
- 300.0 m
Overview
Port Kembla is a medium seaport in Australia – harbour type: coastal (breakwater). Cargo pier depth up to 15.1 m; channel depth 15.2 m. Largest vessels accepted: length 300.0 m, beam 50.0 m, draft 16.0 m. Water body: Tasman Sea; South Pacific Ocean.
- Country
- Australia
- Water body
- Tasman Sea; South Pacific Ocean
- UN/LOCODE
AUPKL- WPI number
- 53690
- Coordinates
- -34.4634, 150.9000
- Harbour size
- Medium
- Harbour type
- coastal (breakwater)
- Shelter
- Fair
Location
Infrastructure & depths
Berths & cargo facilities
- ✓ Wharves
- ✗ Anchorage
- ✓ Container terminal
- ✓ Ro-Ro
- ✓ Solid bulk
- ✓ Liquid bulk
- ✓ Breakbulk
- ✗ LNG terminal
Cranes & lifts
- ✓ Fixed cranes
- ✓ Mobile cranes
- ✓ Lifts 50–100 t
- ✓ Lifts 25–49 t
- ✓ Lifts 0–24 t
- Repairs
- Limited
- Dry dock
- None
- Railway
- Large
Services & access
Pilotage, tugs & traffic
- ✓ Pilotage compulsory
- ✓ Pilotage available
- ✓ Tug assistance
- ✗ Salvage tugs
- ✓ Vessel traffic service
- ✓ Port security
- ✓ First port of entry
Services & supplies
- ✓ Longshoremen
- ✓ Electricity
- ✓ Electrical repair
- ✓ Navigation equipment
- ✓ Medical facilities
- ✓ Garbage disposal
- ✓ Dirty ballast disposal
- ✓ Provisions
- ✓ Potable water
- ✓ Fuel oil
- ✓ Deck supplies
- ✓ Engine supplies
- ✓ Rail connection
Entrance restrictions
- ✓ Heavy swell: no
- ✓ Ice: no
- ! Other: yes
✓ available · ✗ not available; items without data are hidden (World Port Index).
Vessel schedules
No liner service calling at Port Kembla 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | AU | Large | 72 km |
| Newcastle | AU | Large | 190 km |
| Botany Bay | AU | Small | 60 km |
| Jervis Bay | AU | Very small | 73 km |
| Batemans Bay | AU | Very small | 153 km |
| Eden | AU | Very small | 303 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. 127 (Enroute) - East Coast of Australia and New Zealand ↗