Ua haʻalele ʻo Hopper dredger Brisbane a me kāna mau moku kākoʻo i ke awa o Weipa ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i kahi papahana dredging mālama ʻia he 45 mau lā.
Wahi a North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP), ma kahi o 780,000m3 o ka sediment i lawe ʻia mai ke awa a waiho ʻia ma ka Dredge Material Placement Area (DMPA) i ʻāpono ʻia, ma Albatross Bay.
"Makemake ʻo NQBP e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā limahana a me nā mea hana aelike no kā lākou hana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka papahana dredging ma Weipa," i ʻōlelo ai ka hui ma ka hoʻokuʻu."Makemake pū ʻo NQBP e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kaiāulu Weipa no ko lākou hoʻomanawanui a me ka ʻike i ka wā o ka papahana."
I ka wā o ka hoʻolaha ʻana, ua hana ʻo TSHD Brisbane ma mua o 400 mau huakaʻi i a mai ka DMPA me ka ʻole o ka pilikia.Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hana ʻana ma Amrun ma ka inoa o Rio Tinto.