KMSB Secures Land at Port Hedland’s Lumsden Point

KMSB has been allocated land at Pilbara Ports Authority’s new Lumsden Point logistics hub in Port Hedland, alongside stevedoring companies Qube and Toll Group, and renewables developer Australian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH).

BP-backed AREH plans to use its allocation to support a proposed renewables and hydrogen project east of Port Hedland, a project that has been in planning for more than a decade. Pilbara Ports confirmed that KMSB, Qube Holdings and Toll Group have been allocated land to support stevedoring and material handling operations at Lumsden Point.

KMSB and sister company Onslow Marine Support Base are already established in the region, having built new port infrastructure at Broome and Onslow respectively. The Lumsden Point allocation extends KMSB’s footprint to Port Hedland, where it will provide stevedoring services in a similar model to those already operating at Onslow and Ashburton. The logistics hub is expected to primarily support imports of construction materials and consumables into the Pilbara.

On the export side, lithium producers Mineral Resources and Pilbara Minerals are confirmed as foundation customers at Lumsden Point.

Construction is progressing, with contractor MGN Civil completing the causeway connecting two new wharves at Lumsden Point to the logistics hub.

The one-kilometre-long causeway incorporates a 12-metre-wide road, pipeline and logistics corridors. To meet water needs at the site, Pilbara Ports has awarded a contract to Digga Civil to build approximately 2.4 kilometres of new water mains, connecting Lumsden Point to the water supply network in the Wedgefield industrial area.

The overall project is budgeted at approximately $600 million. The first of two new wharves is scheduled for completion in mid-2026, with operations expected to start shortly after; a second wharf is planned for completion in late 2026. WA’s Ports and Regional Development Minister Stephen Dawson has described Lumsden Point as a key enabler of the state’s goal to diversify trade and support the Pilbara’s transition to renewables.

“Progress is accelerating, with the seawalls, dredging and causeway now complete, and manufacture of the mobile harbour cranes under way,” Minister Dawson said.

Finland’s Konecranes will supply two 200-tonne mobile harbour cranes in 2026, while Acciona is constructing the wharves.

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