Port of Newcastle

{{Short description|Major seaport in the city of Newcastle, New South Wales Australia.}}

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| name = Port of Newcastle

| image = CSIRO ScienceImage 8217 A bulk carrier entering Port Hunter Newcastle New South Wales.jpg

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| image_caption = A bulk carrier entering Port Hunter, Newcastle

| country = Australia

| location = Newcastle, New South Wales

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| operated = Port of Newcastle Operations Ltd

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| berths = 20

| draft_depth = 16.2 m.{{cite web |title=Port of Newcastle, Australia |url=https://www.findaport.com/port-of-newcastle |website=www.findaport.com |publisher=Shipping Guides Ltd |access-date=6 Jan 2022}}

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| website = {{URL| https://www.portofnewcastle.com.au/}}

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The Port of Newcastle is a major seaport in the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is the world's largest coal port.{{cite web |last1=Kurmelovs |first1=Royce |title=World's largest coal port to be 100% powered by renewable energy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/05/worlds-largest-coal-port-to-be-100-powered-by-renewable-energy |website=the Guardian |access-date=6 January 2022 |language=en |date=5 January 2022}}

It is made up of facilities located at Port Hunter - Yohaaba{{cite web |url=https://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/212740/GNB_-_Newcastle_-_Dual_Names.pdf |title=Media Release, Indigenous Naming Comes To Newcastle |publisher=Geographical Names Board NSW Government |access-date=23 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304223528/https://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/212740/GNB_-_Newcastle_-_Dual_Names.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2022 |url-status=dead}} in the Hunter River estuary. The port was the first commercial export port in Australia and is the world's busiest coal export port. Annual exports of coal from Newcastle exceeded A$15 billion in 2012–13. Newcastle berthed more than 2,200 ships a year in 2012–13.{{cite web |url=http://www.newportcorp.com.au/client_images/1263478.pdf |publisher=Newcastle Port Corporation |title=Annual Report 2012/2013 |date= September 2013 |access-date= 10 May 2018}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020}}

The port's harbourmaster is the Port Authority of New South Wales. Cargo facilities are operated by Port Waratah Coal Services and Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group at Kooragang Island, as well as other operators at Mayfield, Carrington and Walsh Point. There are plans to build a cruise terminal.

In April 2014 Premier Mike Baird and Treasurer Andrew Constance announced that "a consortium which comprises Hastings Funds Management and Chinese state-owned China Merchants" had successfully bid $1.75 billion for a 98-year lease of the Port of Newcastle.