Port of Townsville Limited tana bikin gagarumin bikin cika shekara a yau don aikin haɓaka tashar ta yayin da suke bikin shekara ɗaya na faɗaɗa tashar.
"A wancan lokacin, mun cire cubic mita miliyan 1.65 na kayan bushewa, mun sauke jiragen ruwa 1126 kuma mun yi aiki tare da awanni 359,009," in ji tashar.
Aikin Haɓaka Tashoshi na $232m zai ga tashar Platypus (Ƙarshen tashar jiragen ruwa) ta faɗaɗa zuwa 180m, tafe zuwa 120m a cikin teku, don ɗaukar jiragen ruwa har zuwa 300m tsawon lokacin da aka kammala a 2024.
Duk kayan dredge da aka cire a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin haɓaka tashar ana dawo da su zuwa ƙasa don sanyawa a cikin yankin reclamation na 62ha.
Gabaɗaya, za a cire kusan mita cubic miliyan 3.4 na kayan daga tashar jigilar kaya mai nisan kilomita 14.9.