DCN AUGUST Edition 2019

NEWS IN BRIEF
PILBARA ANNUAL SHIPPING
FIGURES REMAIN STRONG
Andrew Forrest and Elizabeth Gaines
FMG opens tug harbour
at Port Hedland
Aussie entrepreneur Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest has unveiled Fortescue
Metals Group’s new tug and towage facility in Port Hedland, a
harbour named after his mum.
Judith Street Harbour at Herb Elliott Port was officially opened
by Mr Forrest, together with FMG chief executive Elizabeth Gaines
along with Port Hedland mayor, Camilo Blanco and members of
the Port Hedland community.
Fortescue has procured and built six tugs and leased a further
three tugs, including six rotor tugs that were built by Damen
Shipyards in Vietnam.
“As Australia’s economic and industrial gateway to Asia, the Port
of Port Hedland is the largest bulk export port in the world,” Mr
Forrest said.
“The strategic decisions made by the board to build our fleet of
ore carriers and Fortescue owned and operated towage capability
mark the critical completion of this part of Fortescue’s journey.”
Mr Forrest said the final step in the process would be the naming
of Judith Street Harbour.
Chief executive Elizabeth Gaines said, “The towage fleet
represents the final element in our supply chain, with our innovative
new tug fleet able to provide safe and reliable towage services and
additional towage capacity for all Port Hedland users”. said.
Pilbara Ports Authority has delivered a total annual
throughput of 697.2 million tonnes for the 2018/19
financial year. This result was a less than 1% change
(decrease of 2.06Mt) from last year’s record annual
throughput.
In June 2019, Pilbara Ports Authority achieved a total
monthly throughput of 64m tonnes, a 1% increase on the
same month in 2018.
Iron ore throughput for June 2019 increased 2% from
June 2018, to 60.2Mt.
Total iron ore throughput for 2018/19 was 647.8Mt, a 1%
decrease on 2017/18.
Port Hedland achieved a total annual throughput of
513.3Mt, a decrease of 1% from the previous year.
Annual iron ore exports totalled 506.6Mt, less than a 1%
decrease (2.3Mt) from 2017/18.
The June monthly throughput at the Port of Port
Hedland was 49.2Mt, of which 48.9Mt was iron ore
exports. The monthly throughput was a 2% increase from
June 2018. Iron ore exports for June increased by 3% from
June 2018.
The Port of Dampier delivered a total annual throughput
172.9Mt, which was a 2% decrease from the previous year.
Annual iron ore exports totalled 141.2Mt, which was a
3% decrease from last financial year.
INDUSTRY EVENTS
2019 EVENT
I6 Aug Port Outlook 2019, Melbourne http://vta.com.au/all-events
30 Aug SCLAA Women in Logistics 2019, Hawthorn Victoria https://sclaa.com.au/events
7 Sep 30th Anniversary Australian Freight Industry Awards, Melbourne http://vta.com.au/all-events
10-13 Sep Australasian Coasts & Ports 2019, Hobart www.coastsandports2019.com.au
8-10 Oct Pacific 2019 International Maritime Conference, Sydney www.pacificexpo.com.au
28 Oct–1 Nov AMPI Pilotage & Ports Logistics Conference, Sydney www.ampi.org.au/AMPI2019
14 Nov 2019 Australian Shipping & Maritime Industry Awards, Melbourne www.dcnawards.com.au
22 Nov Australian Supply Chain & Logistics Awards, Sydney https://sclaa.com.au/events/
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FMG; Pilbarra Ports Authority
16 August 2019
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