Westlink was engaged to provide full end-to-end logistics management of structural steel, large bin sections, modules and trusses fabricated in Tianjin, China and Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam to be used int the expansion of Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine site in the Pilbara region of Australia.

• Pre-shipment quarantine inspection of structural steel in China and Vietnam

• Multipurpose Vessels (MPPs) – Tianjin and Shanghai, China to Port Hedland, Australia

• Oversized haulage – vessel hook Fortescue mine site

• Construction coordination – coordination with site team to unload trailers for direct install or laydow

• Zero LTIs

• Steel deliveries met shutdown windows for early works

• Maximised section size, preassembly and stackability to reduce logistics cost and schedule

• Multiple consecutive breakbulk shipments

• Laydown management with delivery coordination to site according to construction schedule