Want to know about capacity at our different ports? Track monthly volumes in the tables below.

For Port of Mackay, annual throughput by commodity is also available.

Port throughputs

  • Mackay
    Month2018-192017-182016-172015-16
    July 252,019 313,476 258,154 257,237
    August 239,392 233,904 253,466 254,393
    September 302,049 172,103 166,322 270,140
    October 285,580 327,796 343,552 375,944
    November 216,641 303,667 210,709 204,403
    December   198,745 234,327 163,425
    January   285,608 273,978 147,861
    February   157,159 268,767 122,894
    March   239,687 148,789 273,062
    April   157,781 251,039 137,182
    May   334,580 213,913 327,116
    June   283,275 283,941 291,493
     1,295,6823,007,7792,906,956 2,829,464

    NB: Monthly figures may not always add up to exact annual throughput due to rounding

    Annual throughput by commodity

    Commodity2017-182016-172015-162014-15
    Break bulk 104,090 8,186 877 466
    Cement 18,012 11,000 5,000 18,012
    Ethanol 21,625 21,092 20,438 14,753
    Grain 148,245 228,638 139,550 240,850
    Fertiliser 55,396 52,115 34,182 58,947
    Machinery 0 0 0 4,361
    Magnetite 106,668 155,156 124,092 92,171
    Molasses 47,375 66,487 0 8,367
    Petroleum 1,573,629 1,401,112 1,380,252 1,371,853
    Raw sugar 594,636 643,308 790,011 733,580
    Refined sugar 281,883 270,633 256,163 254,456
    Scrap metal 52,109 18,324 8,067 26,641
    Steel 0 27,347 39,208 49,763
    Sulphuric acid 0 0 13,887 8,050
    Tallow 2,499 3,557 4,222 6,044
  • Weipa
    Month2018-192017-182016-172015-16
    July 3,282,7373,174,0963,181,2712,737,235
    August3,186,8573,116,2563,072,7302,814,773
    September 3,061,7422,712,4182,942,3402,813,544
    October 3,118,0953,173,7532,965,7972,722,286
    November 2,500,7883,149,4003,118,1412,495,847
    December 3,181,6382,951,8092,509,593
    January  3,019,6913,419,9642,542,564
    February  2,830,7342,610,3582,476,907
    March  2,965,3792,317,2642,862,282
    April  3,154,4652,910,0832,772,401
    May  2,916,0993,016,4802,895,766
    June 2,891,3963,181,9632,753,017
     15,150,21936,285,32535,688,20032,400,274

    NB: Monthly figures may not always add up to exact annual throughput due to rounding

  • Abbot Point
    Month2018-192017-182016-172015-16
    July 2,579,2972,370,1902,321,9992,137,081
    August 3,060,4201,940,6591,807,8612,325,753
    September 2,368,3642,364,1112,311,9273,071,717
    October 2,460,4842,301,2942,270,6212,063,059
    November 2,530,0132,228,4282,107,2462,104,546
    December  2,491,4622,528,4062,011,407
    January  2,519,2562,074,8892,162,742
    February  2,294,0991,792,9591,825,047
    March  2,144,5162,194,3202,461,590
    April  2,581,3761,472,5072,686,321
    May  2,190,7342,432,9842,090,214
    June 2,566,6952,092,0172,114,488
     12,998,57827,992,82025,407,73627,053,965

    NB: Monthly figures may not always add up to exact annual throughput due to rounding

  • Hay Point

    Hay Point Coal Terminal

    Month2018-192017-182016-172015-16
    July 4,261,2534,057,2393,535,5073,234,854
    August 3,636,5904,549,4314,539,6153,541,564
    September 4,173,4594,407,0464,006,3833,995,146
    October 4,123,1212,953,4263,633,7593,901,891
    November 4,074,3733,897,4164,315,9974,013,627
    December  4,721,5143,841,2294,394,507
    January  4,611,0694,023,7434,616,008
    February  3,697,4103,847,6613,524,640
    March  4,025,6843,320,2704,092,416
    April  3,676,441758,7364,208,351
    May  4,765,7903,370,2764,330,762
    June  4,249,6434,236,4104,397,059
     20,268,79649,612,10943,429,58648,250,825

    NB: Monthly figures may not always add up to exact annual throughput due to rounding

    Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal

    Month2018-192017-182016-172015-16
    July 5,625,700 5,816,977 5,396,644 5,666,967
    August 5,949,641 6,948,414 5,767,330 6,440,517
    September 5,845,357 6,624,714 6,669,866 5,454,390
    October 6,003,8126,643,366 5,586,384 5,442,847
    November 6,119,3775,179,940 5,110,098 5,545,075
    December  5,842,314 6,597,916 5,488,911
    January  6,711,760 5,290,501 5,820,329
    February  5,128,830 5,762,670 4,701,619
    March  6,142,532 5,043,526 5,399,950
    April  4,017,736 1,001,632 4,771,379
    May  5,777,448 4,355,376 6,362,017
    June  5,992,937 6,443,205 6,423,528
     29,543,88770,826,96863,025,14867,517,529

    NB: Monthly figures may not always add up to exact annual throughput due to rounding