Export record - Bunbury

1 Bunbury Port broke records in the 2010/11 financial year, with exports hitting a new high of million tonnes and an increase in general management, new efficiencies and increased trade through the Port led Rick Tirli and Richard Oxley are members of Bunbury Radio Club who spent a stormy weekend camping under the Casuarina Lighthouse in were taking part in International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend celebrations on August 20-21 by contacting lighthouses from around the world on their high frequency the call sign VK6 BRC they made contact with 38 lighthouses around the world. Leeuwin and Naturaliste lighthouses were also involved in the annual event. Visit our website at 17, October 2011 Under the Casuarina LighthouseExport recordNeema PremjiBPA Board Chairman Neema Premjito the Bunbury Port Authority achieving a record nett operating profit before tax of $ million - up by 122% on the previous financial cargo has grown significantly through the importing of components for major projects underway throughout the region.

2 This includes the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant at Binningup, the BHP Billiton Worsley Alumina Refinery expansion, Simcoa Operations third furnace at the silicon smelter in Kemerton and 111 turbines for a wind farm near Merredin. Alumina and woodchip exports increased by 131,000 tonnes for the year and more commercial ships visited than ever projects completed during the past financial year include the installation of a wastewater management system to improve environmental safeguards at Berth 8 in the Inner Harbour and a screen wall running alongside Koombana Drive. The Authority has also commenced work towards achieving ISO14001 Environmental Management and AS4801 Occupational Health & Safety Management increasing trade through the Port and the likelihood of new Export industries wanting berth space, the BPA is working to expand the Inner Harbour s capacity, guided by the Inner Harbour Structure Plan.

3 A business case is being prepared for landbacking Berth 3 to increase its capacity and to install improved ship loading Port is also looking forward to proposed coal exports through a new Berth 14 near the mouth of the Inner Harbour commencing in 2015/16. Moving into 2011/2012 the Bunbury Port Authority continues to focus on sustainable port development in order to facilitate the predicted growth in trade while maintaining our commitment to the community , existing Port Users and meeting the expectations of our 2 Issue 17 Oct 2011 BPA Portal - A community Newsletter from the Bunbury Port AuthorityBPA Portal is published by Bunbury Port Authority. Telephone (08) by Main Event Media Pty You Know? Bunbury Port Authority has achieved some outstanding results in financial year 2010/11, with record tonnage through the port accompanied by record revenue, controlled expenditure and a significant increase in ship of the newest exports has been iron concentrate which is a by-product of mineral sands processing.

4 Two trial shipments of iron concentrate have been exported recently through the Outer cargo was transported in newly developed tippler bins which minimise dust and noise. The bins were loaded off site at Capel, and transported to the Outer Harbour where they were lifted with the vessel s cranes and discharged into the ship s Safety and Environment Manager Duncan Gordon carried out stringent baseline testing during the trials to ensure the transportation met all environmental speed on Casuarina Drive was restricted to 40 kilometres per hour and testing showed noise was negligible and the loading was dust BPA conducted a public meeting with residents living near the Outer Harbour to ensure they remain informed about activities in the Casuarina Lighthouse flashes three times, separated by seconds, every 15 seconds? Bunbury s first lighthouse was built near the location of the current lighthouse in 1870.

5 It was a 10-foot high wooden tower. This meant ships no longer had to rely on a wooden keg with a storm lantern to show where Bunbury was current lighthouse was built in 1971 and painted in the distincitve black and white chequered is this?Can you guess what this is a photograph of?Send your answer to You could win a history book about the Bunbury Tradesperson Dominic Pruiti is the newest member of the Port s maintenance in the Workshop at the entrance to the Inner Harbour, the team is responsible for all the repair and maintenance work on Port property including fencing, safety rails and conveyor worked for MJB Industries manufacturing concrete pipes before joining the is a qualified boilermaker welder and has fitted in with the established team members. Everyone works as a team, he said. They are a good bunch of guys.

6 There is a good variety of work and it is interesting to see how the Port works with ships coming and going. Born and bred in Brunswick, Dominic played football for Harvey Brunswick in his younger days and is a keen follower of the is married to Raelee and the couple have three Secretary Peta Trigwell looks after the Bunbury Port Authority has administrative and corporate governance duties as well as the responsibility for organising meetings, agendas, minutes and handling correspondence for the is also responsible for the creation New People At The PortFrom the CEO s DeskDominic PruitiCEO Kevin SchellackTippler bins like this one ensure dust-free loading of iron concentrate at the 3 BPA Portal - A community Newsletter from the Bunbury Port Authorityand updating of BPA policies and manuals and with the many legislative changes, this is an onerous task.

7 Peta has a degree in Accounting from Edith Cowan University in Bunbury and is completing her CPA qualifications via Deakin worked for AMD Chartered Accountants for more than two years before joining the BPA, which she saw as a different challenge . I have always had an interest in the area of corporate governance and this is a great opportunity to work in the field, she in Perth, Peta is married and has lived in Donnybrook for nearly 20 years. Records Officer Allyson Bosas has been responsible for document management for the Port since March this documents have a life-cycle, ranging from the minimum retention time of one year up to permanent if they are placed in the State said that four copies of published documents, such as the Port s annual report, are sent to the JS Battye Library which is the State Library of WA. Most importantly, documents need to be found when they are needed, sometimes years down the track, she said.

8 Allyson has previously worked in local government, for the Shire of Capel, City of Belmont and Town of Vincent, before joining the work she enjoys spending time with her two step daughters and three grand children as well as looking after her Griffon Bruxellois dogs she calls her four fluffy children .Allyson supports her husband Paul in his coaching of football (soccer) and likes painting furniture in a French Provincial style. New People At The PortThe HMB Endeavour has set her sails for Bunbury for the first visit since magnificent replica of James Cook s exploration vessel is on a circumnavigation voyage of Australia, stopping at ports including Fremantle, Bunbury and Albany as she makes her way down the west coast before crossing the Great Australian of the voyage traces Cook s original course charting the east coast 240 years ago.

9 It began in Sydney in April this year and will be complete when she returns to Sydney in May next Endeavour will berth at Bunbury Outer Harbour between November 7 and 15. Volunteers will be used as guides when the ship is open to the public between November 9 and 13. On these days, visitors will be allowed on board from 10am till you need to know is on the website and visitors are advised to bring a sun hat and water bottle as there may be a queue to Endeavour will be open to visitors when it is berthed in Bunbury during s Great EndeavourAllyson BosasPeta TrigwellIn October 2001 the first edition of the BPA Portal was front page ran a story about a live sheep and cattle Export proposal, which never came featured the new fishing platform at The Cut and the first weather station installed in Koombana in 2001 Clayton Hyder was the Board Chairman and Dom Figliomeni was the Chief Executive the decade exports rose from 11,273,438 to 13,997.

10 636 tonnes per annum and the number of ships visiting rose from 341 to 414 first cruise ship to visit was the Superstar Virgo in 2003 and the Port celebrated its centenary in Year MilestoneMineral sands producer Iluka is the longest serving user of Bunbury Port, with regular bulk exports since mining began in in those days the company was called Western Titanium and the first mine was located just south of the Capel town South West is rich in mineral wealth and our mineral sands are processed into a wide variety of everyday items such as paint and toothpaste as well as high tech components. The bulk of what is mined is ilmenite along with small quantities of rutile and several rare earths. By 1959 Western Titanium was called RGC and it had developed the Yoganup Mine. Downstream processing was introduced in 1968 when the first synthetic rutile trials were held and this led to the development in 1974 of a commercial operation converting ilmenite into synthetic rutile at South 1987 the company had a new synthetic rutile kiln north of Capel and this was expanded with a second kiln brought online in year later RGC merged with another mineral sands producer Westralian Sands to become most recent developments have been the opening of the Tutunup South Mine in June this year and the first Export shipments of iron concentrate and char which are by-products of mineral exports more than 200.