The multi-user port and strategic industrial area accommodates LNG and other hydrocarbon-based processing and natural gas processing for Western Australia’s domestic gas supply.
Port users are notified that lights (red boxed) have been installed on the mooring buoys (Fig.1) in the Ashburton North Mooring (ANM) and Ashburton East Mooring (AEM) areas (Fig.2).
The purpose of this Marine Notice (NTM) is to inform the vessel operators, agents and terminals of Pilbara Ports requirements regarding the fuel management system for any LNG / Alternate / Dual Fuelled Vessel operating at the Port of Ashburton.
Mariners are advised that Pilbara Ports was recently notified that the online marine biofouling management tool “Vessel-Check” was retired by DHI on 30 January 2025 and is no longer available for use.
At Pilbara Ports, safety is the core of every decision we make as the port authority for the world’s largest bulk export ports. We know that every vessel movement through Port Hedland’s 40-kilometre channel underpins Australia’s prosperity, with 573.6 million tonnes of throughput, worth an estimated $115.8 billion, passing through the Port in the past financial year alone.
Pilbara Ports delivered a total monthly throughput of 69.95 million tonnes (Mt) for May 2025.
Pilbara Ports ‘Pilbara Clean Fuel Bunkering Hub’ strategic roadmap positions the Pilbara as a global leader in decarbonisation in the maritime industry.
Pilbara Ports 2025 Recreational Vessel Safety Campaign launches to inform recreational vessel users on safe practices around the ports of Ashburton, Dampier and Port Hedland.
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