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15 Mar 2018 / Port Hedland, Australia

Vessel movements halted after helicopter incident

All vessel movement at Port Hedland were halted last night (14 March) after a helicopter used by the port authority to transfer marine pilots ditched into the sea about 35km from the port en route to collect a pilot from a vessel. Two people were on board at the time. One has been rescued but the second remains missing.

Following the incident, all in-bound shipping was halted immediately, and only limited out-board movements were permitted.

Just before midday today (15 March), the Port Authority advised that normal shipping would resume at 1500 hours local time.

For information about operations at Australian ports, contact GAC Australia at [email protected]

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