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Useless Loop / Shark Bay / Ashburton 
Pilotage
16+ Million tonnes per annum
Servicing large scale industrial salt producers.
PORT ONSLOW
Pilotage & Launch Pilot Transfer
x Million tonnes per annum
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Cape Preston
Pilotage
16+ Million tonnes per annum
Servicing what will be the world’s largest magnetite iron ore mine when fully operational.
Port Dampier
Pilotage & Launch Pilot Transfer
180+ Million tonnes per annum
The world’s second largest bulk commodity export port servicing LNG, salt and iron ore exporters.
Port Hedland
Heli Pilot Transfer
180+ Million tonnes per annum
The world’s second largest bulk commodity export port servicing LNG, salt and iron ore exporters.
Darwin / NT 
Essential marine logistics
1,000 tonnes freight delivered per annum
Gateway to Arnhem land, Groote Island and Tiwi Island for essential logistics supplies.
Melville Island
Harbour master + port pilotage services
30+ Million litres of fuel capacity
Fuel depot port and logging port.
Groote Island
Resources project remote marine logistics services
4 Million Tonnes per annum
Site of a large Managense mine that produces about a quarter of the world’s manganese production essential for high quality steel production.
Gove
Port Pilotage Services
8 Million Tonnes bauxite per annum
Servicing one of Australia’s major bauxite resources and aluminium refineries.
Amrun Port
Pilotage services and pilot transfer services
1000+ Vessels per annum pass through this channel
3+ hour pilotage route.
Torres Strait
Marine pilotage + launch based pilot transfer services
3500+ Vessels per annum pass through this route
Major pilotage channel separating Australia from Asia.
Great North Eastern Channel
Marine pilotage through the Great North East Channel
1000+ Vessels per annum pass through this channel
3+ hour pilotage route.
Great Barrier Reef Inner Route
Marine pilotage + launch based pilot transfer services
2500+ Vessels per annum pass through this route
One of the world’s longest pilotage routes at 30hrs+.
Whitsunday Passage 
Pilotage services + Helicopter pilot transfer services
Passage through the sensitive Whitsunday Islands marine park
Hydrographers Passage
Pilotage services + Helicopter pilot transfer services
1500+ Vessels per annum pass thought this route
A gateway for large bulk ships servicing Hay Point terminals. Auriga uses helicopters to service the passage with the boarding ground 120NM offshore which represents the longest marine pilot transfer in the world.
Port of Mackay 
Launch Pilot Transfers
3 Million Tonnes per annum
A major servicing centre for Central Queensland’s mining and agriculture, Port of Mackay is the state’s fourth largest multi-commodity port by throughput.
Port of Gladstone
Helicopter based Pilot Transfer Services
76 Million Tonnes per annum
Queensland’s largest multi-commodity port principally servicing LNG and metallurgical coal exporters.
Newcastle
Helicopter based Pilot Transfer Services
x Million Tonnes per annum
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Port Philip 
Pilotage and launch based Pilot Transfer Services
100 Million Tonnes goes through the Port
One of Australia’s key container and multi-modal ports.
National Map of Operations
Auriga operates essential services across 20+ ports and compulsory pilotage areas around Australia and New Zealand. Hover over the white arrows for more information.
