# Port Latta (AU PLA)

**UN/LOCODE:** AU PLA  
**Country:** Australia  
**Water Body:** Bass Strait; South Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** -40.8333, 145.3833

Listed under UN/LOCODE AU PLA, Port Latta on Tasmania's north-west coast is a privately owned, single-product iron ore terminal rather than a multipurpose port. Owned by Grange Resources, it sits about 70 km west of Burnie and ships magnetite iron ore pellets produced from the Savage River mine. Ore arrives as slurry through an 85 km pipeline, is de-watered and pelletised on site, then loaded onto bulk carriers by conveyor; output exceeds two million tonnes a year, with expansion toward 2.7 million planned. There is no container, breakbulk or scheduled customs traffic here, and no public freight rail serving third parties. Forwarders with containers or project cargo for northern Tasmania use Burnie, while heavier bulk and breakbulk move through Bell Bay near Launceston.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Sydney → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/sydney-shanghai)
- [Sydney → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/sydney-shenzhen)
- [Sydney → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/sydney-guangzhou)
- [Sydney → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/sydney-hong-kong)
- [Sydney → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/sydney-tokyo)
- [Sydney → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/sydney-busan)

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