Port Hedland Port Authority

Maritime Leviathans Operating in Harmony

Andre Bush, CEO AJM 13th Annual Global Iron & Steel Forecast ConferencePort Hedland Port Authority 24 March 2010

China’s Role in Developing Australia’s Biggest Port

Port Hedland Iron Ore Exports per Destination

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Port Hedland Port Growth Projections

160 Mtpa 2009

320 mtpa 2012

470 mtpa 2015

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186 Mt

30 yrs

40 yrs

43 yrs

46 yrs

Outer Harbour potential to 800 mtpa +

Percentage Throughput by Commodity 2008-09

Other - Exports1%

Iron ore - Exports96%

Manganese - Exports1%

Salt - Exports2%

Percentage Throughput by Commodity 2008/09 

Port Hedland Potential to > 800 Mtpa

Inner Harbour Allocated & planned for development by 2015

A Class

B Class

C Class

Total Expansion Plans

BHPB 200 40 - 240

FMG 95 25 - 120Hancock Prospecting 25 5 - 30 (55 Mtpa subject to

conditions)

NWIOA / Juniors (guaranteed to 2020) - 50 - 50

Utah Berth - - 20 20PHPA Berths 1, 2 & 3 - - 10 10

Totals in Mtpa 320 120 30 470

Outer Harbour – From 2015 onwards Capacity

BHPB 200 110 +FMG }

} 200}

130 +

Hancock Prospecting 70 +NWIOA / Juniors (allowing for move) 90 +

Totals in Mtpa 400 400 +

≈470 Mtpa

400 Mtpa+

Significant Port Expansions Planned in the next Decade

Inner Harbour

Outer Harbour

‐ 17 Capesize Berths

‐ 7 General Berths

‐ 1500m Lumsdensupply base with 140 ha lay‐down

(55 Mtpa & additional berth to Hancock subject to conditions)

24 Inner Harbour Berths

9 Operational Inner Harbour Berths

BHPB

BHPBTPI

BHPB

PHPA

PHPA

TPI

Hancock

NWIOA

BHPB

– 11 more in 5 years

SW CreekBerths

North West Iron Ore Alliance BerthsSP3 & SP4

Roy Hill Iron Ore (Hancock) Berths

SP1 & SP2(SP2 subject to conditions)

TPI Berth AP4

PHPABerths

200 MtpaBHPB

BoodarieIndustrial

Estate

250 MtpaMulti User

• BHPB Quantum

• Outer HarbourMulti UserStockyards

• BoodarieIndustrial Estate

Boodarie – Outer Harbour Stockyards & Industrial Area

Boodarie – Outer Harbour Stockyards & Industrial Area

20 No.Outer Harbour

Berths

BHPB Quantum8 berths 200Mtpa200 Mtpa

8 berths Multi User

LNG Berths

2nd Channel300,000T + Vessels

Merits of Port Hedland Outer Harbour

• Established Multi User Port.• Supported by ToPH.• Multiple Rail. 

Outer Harbour

RONSARD

• Significant expansion potential. • Efficient & Sustainable Long Term.• Closer to Future tenements.

Development Impacts vs Opportunities

The Impacts The Opportunities

Throughput Ship Trade ValueYear Mtpa Moves/yr Bn$ per/yr

2008/09 160 2290 182009/10 187 2600 202010/11 230 3400 252011/12 317 4600 342012/13 356 5200 402013/14 401 6000 462014/15 470 7000 55

‐ Employment ‐ Investment‐ Critical Mass – becomea City.‐ Enhanced Amenities‐ Infrastructure spend

‐ Roads‐ Schools‐ Hospitals

‐ Efficiencies of size‐ Diversification‐ Hub for North West‐ Industrial Tourism

Iterative Planning Crucial to Sustainable Port Development

• 2009 PDP

SUMMER

WINTER

CHALLENGES

• Dust 

• MangroveDestruction

Mangrove RepropagationArea

• CombustionEmissions

• Noise

• Channel Capacity

• AboriginalHeritage

[5 ships on a tide 841,062T record set – June 2009]

Vessel Separation – 30 minutes

85T “Rotor” Escort / Harbour Tugs

75,000T Large Panamax225m x 32m x 14m draft

150,000T Small Cape290m x 44m x 16m draft

180,000T Mid Size Cape290m x 48m x 18m draft

CLASS A:

CLASS B:

NON TIDAL:[>120,000T dwt]

Port Capacity Optimisation – Classification & Protocols

Channel Toelines

DUKC Safe Clearance

Use of DUKC ‐ Draft Efficient Ships

Wider 180,000T Ship Requires 16,5m draft

180,000T Conventional Cape size Ship Requires 18m 

draft

Lesser draft need increases sailing 

window on high tide& capacity

Up to 7m tide variation

Channel Toelines

Channel High Spot Dredge Campaign

High Spots

Maintenance Dredge for WA PortsTrailer Suction Hopper Dredge

Cavotec Suction Mooring

PHPA Utah 120,000T Small Cape Berth17 Mtpa Boutique Products

Utah Stockyard Areas

Utah Berth & Stockyards – Completion October 2010

BHPBIO Harriet Berths Left                           Utah Berth Right 

Future Container & General Cargo Hub

Phase 1

Phase 2

Port Hedland Container & General Cargo Hub for North West

UTAH BERTH

Manganese & Chrome

General Cargo Berths:‐ Container & General Cargo‐ Construction Components‐Mill Balls‐Molybdenum & Manganeseprocessed product exports.

‐Mining & Earthmoving Equipment‐ Griffin Power Station Coal‐ Relocate Salt Exports

Logistics Base:‐ Oil & Gas Supply Vessels Support Base‐ Construction Support & Lay down‐ Cement Imports‐ Ammonium Nitrate Imports‐ LNG Imports‐Mining & Earthmoving Equipment‐ Future Tug Pens‐ FPSO Maintenance

Lumsden Hub

• Phase 1 Completion – late 2011 • 140 Hectares• 1000m wharves• Tug Pens

Lumsden Hub

Lumsden Hub

China ‐ Lian Yun Gang Port ‐ Cooperation

Lian Yun Gang – Multi User Bulk Imports

Lian Yun Gang – Industrial Estates and Free Zone

To be the World’s Leading Bulk Commodities PortPHPA’s Vision