Cyclone threat closes Australian port
By: Reuters | May 02 2015 at 05:34 AM | Ports & Terminals
SYDNEY - An Australian port has been forced to close by a cyclone off the country’s west coast, though the country’s largest iron ore port was not impacted.
The Port of Ashburton was shut at 0400 GMT, the Pilbara Ports Authority said.
But Australia’s largest iron ore export terminal, Port Hedland, and the port of Dampier, one of two used by Rio Tinto to ship iron ore, remain open, the authority added.
Tropical Cyclone Quang is expected to hit the Australian west coast within a few hours, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said, bringing winds up to 100 kilometres per hour.
The cyclone is expected to weaken as it makes landfall, the weather bureau said.