Know your responsibilities
Stay safe by checking our shipping schedule, keeping clear of channels and using your boat lights at night.
Our expert pilots ensure safe passage for your vessels and cargoes in and around South Australia’s ports
Learn more about our port and marine services and how we can help you.
Flinders Ports is the maritime gateway to central Australia for importers and exporters
Learn more about our port and marine services and how we can help you.
Committed To Investment
Flinders Ports is committed to ongoing investment in port infrastructure and equipment. Our status as a private port operator gives us the opportunity to reinvest in the business and the flexibility to ensure that capital expenditure is properly targeted – maximising the benefit for our valued clients. We have recently purchased two brand new pilot boats, the first investment of its kind in the last 20 years.
In partnership with ESRI Australia, Flinders Ports has launched our award winning software platform that provides us with a single, common operating picture of all our sea and land operations.
Find out moreSafety First
Safety for people and the environment is the ethos at Flinders Ports. Our clients and employees can rely on Flinders Ports, because we comply with internationally recognised certification standards and are continuously seeking to improve our safety and environmental outcomes:
- ISO 14001: Environmental Management Systems
- OHSAS 18001: Occupational Health & Safety Systems
- ISO 9001: Quality Management Systems
We also have mandatory rail accreditation at state level.
Find out more
Outer Harbor Fuel Berth gears up for the long range
View case study
New wave in stormwater management
View case study
Pilot boat fleet replacement strategy
View case study
Safe and sound in the eye of the storm
View case study-
“The success and growth of Techport Australia as a key naval shipbuilding precinct has been facilitated by the successful partnership between the South Australian Government and Flinders Ports.”
Paul Bates - General Manager of Techport Common User Facility
-
“Over the last ten years the South Australian Tourism Commission (SATC) has worked in close partnership with Flinders Ports, South Australia’s private port operator to promote the cruise industry. This partnership has been a major factor in the South Australian Government’s success in attracting cruise ships to all four of South Australia’s cruise destination ports.”
Nick Jones - Director Destination Development, South Australian Tourism Commission
Latest News
EPA licence clears way for Outer Harbor Channel Widening
13 March 2019
The receipt of a dredging licence from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) will allow work to commence on widening the Outer Harbor shipping channel and swing basin at Port Adelaide to underpin the port’s $14 billion a year contribution to the State’s economy.
Read More
New additions to the Flinders Ports pilot boat fleet
25 June 2018
Flinders Ports launched the two new pilot vessels at an official ceremony held at the Adelaide Passenger Terminal. The new pilot boats, called Providence and Norfolk, both named after ships that Captain Matthew Flinders served on at sea. The vessels were christened by two Flinders Ports’ staff members.
Read MoreOuter Harbor’s Channel widening “a safe-guarding move” for S.A. – Ports Chief
30 May 2018
Flinders Port Holdings has welcomed the SA Government’s approval of a widening of the main shipping channel as a positive and progressive move for the State’s economy and the national standing of its port facilities.
Read MoreDiscover a partner you can rely on
Contact Us
