PILBARA Ports Authority has delivered a total monthly throughput of 59.3m tonnes for the month of November 2019.

This throughput was an 8% increase compared to the same month in 2018.

The total throughput for the 2018/19 financial year to date is 291.5m tonnes, an increase of 2% from the same time last year.

The port of Port Hedland achieved a monthly throughput of 43.8m tonnes, of which 43.3m tonnes was iron ore exports. The monthly throughput was a 9% increase from November 2018.

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Imports through the port of Port Hedland totalled 158,000 tonnes, an increase of 45% from the same month in 2018.

The Port of Dampier delivered a total monthly throughput of 14.5m tonnes, an increase of 6% from November 2018.

Imports through the Port of Dampier totalled 90,000 tonnes, a decrease of 28% from the same month in 2018.