Jan De Nul Group has been contracted to dredge the channel and further enhance the safe and sustainable access to Australia’s Port Hedland.

The project is said to form part of stage two of Pilbara Ports Authority’s (PPA) Channel Risk and Optimisation Project (CROP) initiative to sustain the long-term operation, development and future growth of Australia’s largest iron ore export facility

Over the past several years, Jan De Nul Group has been the lead contractor on the majority of the capital dredging works as well as the maintenance dredging works within the port precinct of Port Hedland.