The Port Hedland Port Authority (PHPA) has completed its whole-of-port productivity and capacity utilisation review, identifying a number of areas for improvement.

 

The review identified under-utilised capacity available at the port as well as a number of key development opportunities to access that capacity.

 

The release of the review comes after the PHPA approved a number of key developments, subject to the State Agreement process:

  • Fortescue Metals Group is able to develop the AP5 berth for iron ore export, with one ship loader servicing both AP4 and AP5
  • North West Infrastructure is able to develop two berths for iron ore export, in South West Creek, with their operations able to remain in the inner harbour
  • BHP Billiton Iron Ore is able to develop two additional berths within the company’s existing State Agreement tenure at Burgess Point