Port of Hobart

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Port of Hobart
Location
LocationTasmania
Coordinates42°52′59.99″S 147°22′0.01″E / 42.8833306°S 147.3666694°E / -42.8833306; 147.3666694Coordinates: 42°52′59.99″S 147°22′0.01″E / 42.8833306°S 147.3666694°E / -42.8833306; 147.3666694

The Port of Hobart is situated on the Derwent River, as the port of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

History[]

The historic part of the port was founded and developed in Sullivans Cove.

Docks[]

Constitution Dock and Victoria Dock.

Tug Boats[]

List of Hobart Tug Boats

Administration[]

It is one of 12 ports administered by the state government authority Tasports, otherwise known as the Tasmanian Ports Corporation[1]

The port authority was created by the amalgamation of the state's four port companies – Hobart Ports Corporation Pty Ltd, Port of Launceston Pty Ltd, Port of Devonport Corporation Pty Ltd and Burnie Port Corporation Pty Ltd – on 1 January 2006.[2]

The earlier name of the authority was the Marine Board of Hobart[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.tasports.com.au/about/port_locations.html
  2. ^ http://www.tasports.com.au/about/index.html
  3. ^ Marine Board of Hobart (Tas.) (1928), The Port of Hobart, Tasmania : a description of the port and its approaches, Marine Board of Hobart, retrieved 11 July 2015


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