Annual Weipa dredging campaign wraps up
North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) has successfully completed essential maintenance dredging at the Port of Weipa.
Dredge vessel TSHD Brisbane, and its supporting vessels, have departed the Port of Weipa having completed an extended 63-day program.
NQBP thanks all staff and contractors involved for their work in delivering the program.
The program removed around 1.16m3 of natural sediment from the Port of Weipa, which was placed at the approved Dredge Material Placement Area (DMPA) in Albatross Bay.
This was a larger than usual dredge campaign, due to the impacts of severe weather over the summer season. Tropical Cyclone Narelle crossed Cape York Peninsula in March, with heavy rainfall, flooding and increased wave heights moving more sediment into the port's shipping channels.
NQBP also thanks the Weipa fishing and boating community for their cooperation and for adhering to operational and safety requirements throughout the dredging campaign.
Throughout the dredging, NQBP engaged with key stakeholders including the Weipa Technical Advisory and Consultative Committee (TACC), whose members include conservation groups, Traditional Owners, scientists, community representatives, port users, and Commonwealth and State Government agencies.
Environmental monitoring and management measures were in place throughout the campaign to minimise any potential impact on the marine environment.
NQBP has delivered the annual maintenance dredging program at the Port of Weipa for more than 30 years.
Maintenance dredging was also completed at Amrun on behalf of Rio Tinto.
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The TSHD Brisbane has now left the Port of Weipa after a 63-day maintenance dredging campaign.
North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation contact:
Ange Julian | Community Relationship Advisor
07 4969 0741 | ajulian@nqbp.com.au
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