The port is currently used to export 200,000 tonnes of goods such as salt, frozen beef, explosives and scrap metal annually.
"Any possible expansion up to 30 million tonnes a year would require an investment of between $750 million and $1 billion," Ms Bligh said at the launch in nearby Gladstone.
Management and engineering consultants Connell Hatch have been commissioned to undertake the $50,000 study, which is expected to be completed early next year.
The dredging works could allow the port to handle vessels of up to 90,0000 tonnes. Currently, it cannot accommodate ships of more than 35,000 tonnes.
Ms Bligh said coal could be transported by rail on the main northern line before being shifted 20km via conveyor to Port Alma.
"This will help facilitate the development and export of Xstrata Coal's Wandoan deposits in the Surat Basin," she said.
"Additional export capacity at Port Alma would put Queensland in a better position to meet the growing global demand for coal."
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