Danish shipping and logistics company Norden has commenced an infrastructure project at the Port of Wyndham in Western Australia in collaboration with local iron ore mining operator the Kimberley Metals Group (KMG).
Norden will work with KMG to provide additional assets for the existing transshipment operation at Wyndham to facilitate the loading of iron ore from the port onto barges and on to oceangoing vessels.
The contract also entails a fixed-term charter arrangement with an option to extend. The first barge is expected to launch in July this year.
Norden also currently supports transshipment operations in Gabon in fulfilment of a 10-year agreement with manganese mining company Comilog, a subsidiary of French metallurgical company Eramet.
The Port of Wyndham became an iron ore export facility in 2011, when it commenced iron ore shipment to China.
"We are excited to continue the growth of Norden's logistics activities by entering into an agreement with KMG, taking our existing partnership to a new level by combining our freight services with our expertise within logistics to optimise KMG's entire port-to-port supply chain," said Anne Jensen, COO at Norden.