Tropical Low 11U
09:00, Saturday 18 January 2025 (AWST)
As at 05:00 on Saturday, 18 January 2025, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) advises Tropical Low 11U is located northeast of Port Hedland.
The system has a high chance of developing into a tropical cyclone on Sunday as it moves in a general west or west-southwest direction parallel north of the Pilbara coast.
The system is expected to continue to intensify during Sunday, and by Monday, 11U is expected to have intensified into a Category 3 cyclone. By this time the cyclone is expected to be located well to the west of Exmouth and continuing to southwest, away from the coast.
Pilbara Ports has closed the Port of Port Hedland as at 09:00 on Saturday, 18 January 2025.
All port inner anchorages are to leave by 18:00.
All recreational vessel owners must safely secure their vessels for cyclonic conditions.
For the latest cyclone warnings visit www.bom.gov.au/cyclone
Pilbara Ports conducts maintenance dredging in the Port of Ashburton in accordance with an approved long-term dredge management plan and an associated sea dumping permit, issued by the commonwealth environmental regulator under the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981.
Pilbara Ports is required to report annually to the regulator on this activity.
In 2020, Pilbara Ports became the proponent for a State environmental approval under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 associated with the shipping channel, materials offloading facility (MOF) and access road at the Port of Ashburton.
Pilbara Ports has the responsibility to implement statutory conditions of this approval, including those relating to the ongoing management of coastal processes and introduced marine pests.
Key documentation associated with managing coastal processes and introduced marine pests at the Port of Ashburton are available below.