Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) supports the trade of Central Queensland’s major resources, including coal, LNG, alumina, and agricultural products. GPC operates the port precincts in Gladstone, Rockhampton and Bundaberg. In the 2018 financial year, GPC ports were visited by 1,911 ships and processed 120 million tonnes of product.

As Gladstone locals, Walz Group has a long standing relationship with GPC. We’ve worked with them for more than 10 years, providing a range of services including piping fabrication, protective coating, and light, medium and heavy fabrication. We also have a consistent workforce based at the Gladstone Port, supporting GPC’s operations through a range of maintenance and improvement works, and selected capital works projects. Over the last five years we have carried out more than 140 projects at the port, valued at over $21M

We are currently engaged in mechanical life extension works, and corrosion and NDT repairs for Shiploaders 1, 2, and 3.

Some of our major capital works projects at the GPC Gladstone Port have included:

Stockpile 15 to 22 – Fabrication and Installation of a new Coal transferring conveyor system

• Completed: 2014
• Project Value: $112 million

Supply and Installation of 3 New Coal Product Transfer Trippers

• Completed: 2013
• Project Value: $3 million

Stockpile 22 – Fabrication and installation of a new Coal transferring conveyor system

• Completed: 2012
• Project Value: $16 million