Luxembourg-based Jan De Nul Group says it has completed dredging on the navigational channel in Port Hedland, Western Australia. The completion of dredging works as part the Channel Risk and Optimization Project (CROP) concludes a three-year cooperation between Jan De Nul Group with the Pilbara...
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Pilbara Ports Authority annual throughput slightly less
Pilbara Ports Authority has delivered a total annual throughput of 697.2 million tonnes (Mt) for the 2018/19 financial year. This result constitutes less than 1% change, namely a decrease of 2.06 million tonnes, from last year’s record annual throughput.
As for June 2019, Pilbara Ports Authority achieved a total monthly throughput of 64Mt, which is a 1% increase on the same month in 2018. In addition, iron ore throughput for June 2019 increased 2% from June 2018, to 60.2Mt, with total iron ore...
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Port Hedland welcomes its first conventional roro vessel
The Port of Port Hedland announced that it welcomed its first conventional roll-on/roll-off vessel, proving the industry with a more cost-effective way of delivering cargo to the region. The vessel started its journey in Japan and made a stop at Fremantle Port on its way to Port Hedland.
Specifically, the roro ‘Blue Ridge Highway’ arrived at the port on Saturday, June 29 and departed on Sunday morning. The visit was the culmination of 18 months of planning by Pilbara Ports Authority, vessel...
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Port Hedland Welcomes Its First RoRo Vessel Giving A Cost-Effective Way For Cargo
The Port of Port Hedland has welcomed its first conventional roll-on/roll-off (RORO) vessel, giving the industry a more cost-effective way of delivering cargo to the region.
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The 180m ‘Blue Ridge Highway’ arrived on Saturday evening and left Sunday morning. The visit was the culmination of 18 months of planning by Pilbara Ports Authority, vessel owners K-Line and cargo receivers Sumitomo. The vessel started its journey in Japan and stopped at Fremantle Port on...
Australia Clears Iron Ore Ports as Cyclone Approaches
MELBOURNE, March 21 (Reuters) – The operator of Australia’s key iron ore exporting ports said it was clearing ships from the sites as a severe tropical cyclone heads towards the northwestern coast, while miners were also bracing for a separate cyclone in the northeast. The northwestern ports of...
Jan De Nul to start key dredging works in Australia
The Pilbara Ports Authority will cooperate with Jan De Nul Group to dredge the channel and further improve the safe and sustainable access to the Port of Port Hedland. The project is part of the Channel Risk and Optimisation Project that aims to sustain the long-operation, development, and future growth of the port.
For a long time Jan De Nul Group is being the lead contractor of the majority of the dredging projects and the maintenance dredging works within the port precinct of Port Hedland.
Duri...
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Port of Port Hedland achieves record tonnage on a single tide
Pilbara Ports Authority reported a new record tonnage on a single tide at the Port of Port Hedland. Namely, on 15 January 2019, 10 vessels left the port in convoy carrying a total of 1,754,741 tonnes of bulk product, surpassing the previous record from December 2017 by 165,680 tonnes.
Port Hedland Harbour Master, Myron Fernandes congratulated all involved, saying that a combination of factors contributed to the new record.
The port also works closely with its port users and service providers to...
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Port Hedland’s iron ore shipments to China increase by 14% in December
According to Reuters, iron ore shipments from Australia’s port of Hedland terminal to China, experienced an increase by 14% in December from the previous month as shown by the port’s data.
Mainly, the Port of Port Hedland is the world’s largest bulk export port and is located in the East Pilbara region of WA, about 1,650 kilometres north of Perth. Trade through the port mostly consists of iron ore exports.
Moreover, iron ore shipments to China from the world’s biggest iron ore port reached an...
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Derailed Train Expected to Impact Australian Iron Ore Exports
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Mining giant BHP Billiton expects some interruption to its Australian iron ore exports after a nearly 3-km-long train loaded with the commodity was forcibly derailed this week after running away en route to a key shipping hub. BHP said in a statement...