Port Hedland Harbour Tunnel

Port Hedland Harbour Tunnel
Overview
LocationPort Hedland, Western Australia
CrossesPort of Port Hedland
StartNelson Point
EndFinucane Island
Operation
OwnerBHP
Technical
Length1,030 metres (3,380 ft)
Width5.1 metres (17 ft) external diameter

The Port Hedland Harbour Tunnel is a 1,030-metre-long (3,380 ft) bored tunnel in Port Hedland, Western Australia. Owned by BHP, the tunnel carries iron ore fines on a conveyor belt from the company's Nelson Point stockyards to a hot briquetted iron plant on Finucane Island, passing under the Port of Port Hedland. The tunnel was constructed by a tunnel boring machine by Transfield and Kumagai Gumi for A$23.19 million.