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Port of Port Hedland

This article is about the port and harbour. For the locality, see Port Hedland, Western Australia. For the local authority, see Town of Port Hedland.

Port of Port Hedland
View of the harbour at Port Hedland.
View of the harbour at Port Hedland, looking west from the public jetty towards the bulk carrier Shagang Haili, berthed at Finucane Island, April 2012.
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Location of Port Hedland
Location
CountryAustralia
LocationPort Hedland, Western Australia
Coordinates20°19.0′S 118°34.5′E / 20.3167°S 118.5750°E / -20.3167; 118.5750
UN/LOCODEAUPHE[1]
Details
Opened1896
Operated byPilbara Ports Authority
Type of harbourSeaport
No. of berths19
Draft depth19.8 m
Statistics
Vessel arrivals3,281 (2021/22)
Annual cargo tonnage561 million tonnes (2021/22)
Website
Pilbara Ports Authority

Port Hedland is one of the largest iron ore loading ports in the world and the largest in Australia. In 2022, it had the largest bulk cargo throughput in Australia. With the neighboring ports of Port Walcott and Dampier, Port Hedland is one of three major iron ore exporting ports in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.[2]

  1. ^ "UNLOCODE (AU) - AUSTRALIA". www.unece.org. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. ^ Annual Report 2022 Pilbara Port Authority

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