Flinders Ports Pty Limited is a company incorporated in 2001 that manages seven of

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's ten ports fronting the

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Spencer Gulf The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost and larger of two large inlets (the other being Gulf St Vincent) on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe an ...

and

Gulf St Vincent Gulf St Vincent, sometimes referred to as St Vincent Gulf, St Vincent's Gulf or Gulf of St Vincent, is the eastern of two large inlets of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, the other being the larger Sp ...

. It is the state's largest port operator, employing more than 800 people . In 2007, it became part of the Flinders Port Holdings group. It is ISO-certified in safety, environmental and quality management systems.Respectively ISO 14001: Environmental Management Systems; OHSAS 18001: Occupational Health and Safety Systems; and ISO 9001: Quality Management Systems.

Facilities and services

In 2001, the company acquired seven ports that were privatised by the

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and acquired a 99-year land lease and port operating licence for the ports of

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, Thevenard, Port Giles,

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and

Klein Point Klein Point is a headland in the Australian state of South Australia located about south of Stansbury in the locality of Wool Bay on Yorke Peninsula. It is the site of a port facility established to handle shipments of limestone for Adelaide ...

. At Port Adelaide, the main maritime gateway for South Australia, inbound and outbound cargoes include grains and seeds, limestone, petroleum products, motor vehicles, metals and scrap metal, cement and cement clinker, fertilisers, agricultural commodities, iron ore, iron and steel, break-bulk and general cargo, mineral sands, and mineral concentrates.

Development

The expansion of South Australia's mining sector resulted in further development of Flinders Ports infrastructure. In 2009, the company established a dedicated bulk minerals export precinct at Berth 29, Port Adelaide, catering for exports of mineral sands, zinc concentrates, copper concentrates, sulphur and fertilisers/phosphate rock. In 2012, OZ Minerals, owners of the Prominent Hill Mine, and Flinders Logistics developed a more efficient transport system from mine to ship to reduce double handling of copper concentrates, bypass a concentrates shed and traditional loading facilities, and achieve high environmental standards, especially through minimising potential dust emissions. The system involved low-sided containers with fail-safe lockable lids, each loaded with about of concentrate at the mine, moved by road and rail to container stacks on Berth 29 to await arrival of the ship. The first time the container is opened is when it is inverted in the hold. Suppression of dust is secured by a mist spray system designed for the specific particle sizes of the concentrate.

Sponsorship

As part of the Flinders Port Holdings' community sponsorship program, Flinders Ports funds a number of sponsorships and provides support for many local sporting clubs, organisations and events in and around its ports. Flinders Ports has sponsored the Environment Award in the Channel 9 Young Achievers Awards since 2011 and sponsors the

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's exhibition program.

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External links

Flinders Ports

Spencer Gulf Port Link
Companies based in Adelaide Port authorities in Australia