The Port of Mackay is a multi-commodity seaport, situated about 850 kilometres, north of Brisbane. The port relies heavily on the export of raw and refined sugar. Fuel for agriculture and the coal mining industry is now the dominant import.

Mackay Airport was judged the best regional airport in Australia in 2002. Passenger growth is expected to top 500 000 in the 2004-05 financial year. Mackay is serviced by the major airlines with direct and connecting flights to major capital and regional cities.

Mackay Port Authority News...

Divers recover submerged car Tuesday, 20 December 2005 @ 4:30:36 PM Mackay police are continuing their investigations into an incident in which a teenager drove her car off the southern breakwall at the Mackay Marina on Sunday night Divers use air bags to recover the submerged vehicle Divers usin.. [ read more ]  MPA forced to limit access to departure lounge Wednesday, 30 November 2005 @ 5:00:08 PM Continued passenger growth has forced the Mackay Port Authority to temporarily limit the public’s access to the security departure lounge at Mackay’s busy airport. The MPA is about to embark on a major redevelopment of the security.. [ read more ]  Business Development Managers appointed Wednesday, 23 November 2005 @ 3:58:29 PM Two new faces have joined the crew at the Mackay Port Authority. The MPA has appointed business development managers Gary Riches and Greg Hinton. Both men have made the move north from the Port of Brisbane. Seaport general manage.. [ read more ]  Airport donates lost items to Lifeline Tuesday, 15 November 2005 @ 9:53:49 AM A forgetful passenger left airport staff gobsmacked after a set of false teeth turned up in the lost property box at Mackay’s busy airport. Over the years a variety of items have been left behind or lost – some are reunited with the.. [ read more ]  MPA achieves record profits and trade stats in 2004-05 Friday, 11 November 2005 @ 5:17:51 PM The Mackay Port Authority (MPA) is looking ahead to another bumper year after achieving record profits and increased trade and passenger growth during the 2004-05 financial year. The MPA achieved an after tax profit of $1.19 million.. [ read more ]  Signs complete first stage of conservation trail project Wednesday, 9 November 2005 @ 6:55:57 PM The final installation of detailed interpretive signs has enabled the Mackay Port Authority (MPA) to complete the first stage of the Kommo Toera Trail "water walk" project through the port’s conservation wetlands at Slade Point. Mac.. [ read more ]  MPA donates new rescue boat to surf lifesavers Monday, 31 October 2005 @ 2:44:26 PM The Mackay Port Authority is offering lifesavers a helping hand to keep Mackay beaches fatality-free again this summer. The authority today presented the Mackay Surf Lifesaving Club with an Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB). Mackay Po.. [ read more ]  MPA and surfers eager to 'wipe out' park vandalism Friday, 28 October 2005 @ 9:52:56 AM Local surfers and the Mackay Port Authority are joining forces to 'wipe out' vandalism at a popular board riding and picnicking beach at North Mackay. A group of more than 80 people vandalised signs and fence railing and snapped pal.. [ read more ]  Memorial plaque honours Navy cadet Tuesday, 27 September 2005 @ 11:20:05 AM A special memorial service was held at the South Wall recently to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Mackay Navy cadet Nicholas Schumacher. Fifteen-year-old Nicholas died in a road accident involving a troop carrier n.. [ read more ]