Lumsden Point

Commonwealth to invest $565 million in Pilbara common user port upgrades

Pictured: $100 bills. Image credit: 3D Animation Production Company via Pixabay

Work is now underway on a major project that will expand the export and import capacity at the Port of Port Hedland, according to the WA Government and the Commonwealth Government.

The Commonwealth Government is investing $565 million to support common user port upgrades in the Pilbara. Part of this funding will enable the expansion of Lumsden Point in the Port of Port Hedland, in partnership with the Western...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/commonwealth-to-invest-565-million-in-pilbara-common-user-port-upgrades/

Lumsden Point, WA, now receiving vessels

Pictured: breakbulk / heavy lift vessel, the BBC Pearl, under assistance from tugs, entering Lumsden Point, Port Hedland. Photo credit: Pilbara Port Authority via Youtube.

Break bulk and heavy lift ship, the BBC Pearl (IMO 9504786) was the first vessel to sail into Lumsden Point, a new facility located in Port Hedland and built to support the Iron Bridge Magnetite Project.

The 2012-built BBC Pearl has 12,838 gross tons, a length overall of 153 metres and a beam of 23 metres.

BBC Chartering has...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/lumsden-point-wa-now-receiving-vessels/