Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) is set to deepen its shipping channel in an effort to improve access to the port for capesize tonnage.

Some 2m-cbm of material will be removed from the Clinton Bypass Channel as a safety measure to protect ships berthed at the RG Tanna Coal Terminal.

GPC chief executive Craig Doyle said the project would be undertaken for safety reasons, to protect vessels berthed at the RG Tanna Coal Terminal wharf.

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