East Intercourse Island is an uninhabited island in the Dampier Archipelago, in the Pilbara, Western Australia. It is around 250 hectares in size.[1]
The island is a major iron ore loading port owned and operated by Pilbara Iron, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium (RTIT).[2]
The lay-by berth can be considered a normal berth without a jetty structure that allows up to 50 vessels per year to berth without having to wait for a tidal vessel to sail.[3]
In 1984, the MV Shinho Maru loaded at East Intercourse Island with the first cargo greater than 200,000 tonnes to be dispatched from any Australian port.[4]
On 4 June 2011, the port was the scene of the workplace death of Irish scaffolder Shaun McBride.[5] He fell into the port and drowned after his work platform collapsed.[6]
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References edit
- ^ "Map of East Intercourse Island". Bonzle. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Ports". Rio Tinto. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "East Intercourse Island". Pilbara Ports Authority. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "The Port". Dampier Seafarers Centre. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "Rio Tinto infrastructure at East Intercourse Island, near Dampier WA". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Flotation device call after Rio port death". PerthNow. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
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