2024 Production Progress, page-84

First ship away this morning 9.30am - last year the first ship didn't leave until the 19th April so a good start from that perspective. Very slow loading (best was 10/11 days last year), reflecting a bit of training of operators and mining having just started. Berge Broad Peak starting today with the Ikamba likely to kick in from the next ship.

I don't actually know whether the crane and Ikamba will load the same ship or fill ships separately. There's sufficient barge and tug capacity to be running both at the same time on separate ships - I'm just unsure of the efficiencies and space needed as it takes time to position the crane against the ship etc.