Source: Pilbara Ports Authority
7 January 2021
Pilbara Ports Authority has delivered a total monthly throughput of 64.5 million tonnes (Mt) for December 2020.
This throughput was the same amount as December 2019.
The Port of Port Hedland achieved a monthly throughput of 47.3Mt of which 46.5Mt was iron ore exports. The monthly throughput was a one per cent decrease from December 2019.
Imports through the Port of Port Hedland totalled 164,000 tonnes, a decrease of four per cent from the same month in 2019.
The Port of Port Hedland was closed for a total of 26 hours from 10 December to 11 December 2020 due to significant swells generated by Tropical Low 02U.
The Port of Dampier delivered a total monthly throughput of 16.3Mt, an increase of three per cent from December 2019.
Imports through the Port of Dampier totalled 85,000 tonnes, a decrease of two per cent from the same month in 2019.