Port Hedland pulls clear as biggest port
by
Sineva Toevai
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last modified
Aug 06, 2009 03:56 PM
TRADE through Port Hedland and the port of Dampier in Western Australia’s Pilbara region reached a record 300m tonnes in the 2008/09 financial year.
Tonnage at Port Hedland, where iron ore makes up 97% of trade, rose 21.9% from last year to a record 159.4m tonnes.
The result confirms the port as Australia’s largest by volume, ahead of the port of Dampier which has...
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