Holo ke kaʻaahi holo ʻo 57 mile ma waena o Western Australia me ka hoʻokele ʻole

Ua koi ʻia ʻo BHP Billiton ʻoihana mining pilikua e hoʻokaʻawale i kahi kaʻaahi ukana 268-kaʻa, i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka hao hao, ma hope o kona huakaʻi ʻana i kahi 92km weliweli ma Australia Komohana me ka ʻole o kekahi ma luna o ka moku.

Ua iho mai ke kalaiwa e nana i kekahi o na kaa ma kahi o ka hora 4 kakahiaka o ka Poakahi i ka manawa i holo aku ai ke kaaahi, i oleloia he eha locomotives a me 268 kaa, no Port Hedland ma mua o kona hiki hou ana iluna o ka moku, wahi a Western Australian hoike.

Ua hiki iā ia ke huakaʻi 92km me ka ʻole o kekahi ma ke alakaʻi ma mua o ka koi ʻia ʻana o ka BHP e hana i ka hana koʻikoʻi a me ka manaʻo e hoʻolei i ke kaʻaahi ma ke ala e kū ana ma kahi o 120km mai Port Hedland ma Western Australia.

Ua hoʻokuʻu ke kanaka pilikua i nā hana kaʻaahi a pau ma ka ʻāina ʻo Pilbara i ka wā e hoʻomaka ana kahi hoʻokolokolo.

“Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi kaʻaahi hao ʻo Western Australia ma kahi kokoke i Turner ma ke ala i Port Hedland i kēia kakahiaka. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻeha. Ke hana nei mākou me nā mana kūpono e noiʻi i ke kūlana, "i ʻōlelo ʻia e kahi ʻōlelo a BHP, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka Financial Times.

"Ma muli o ka mamao 120km mai Port Hedland, ʻike ʻia ka hopena o ka hapa nui o ka hana Pilbara a BHP. Inā nui ka pōʻino o ke ala, hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā ukana a me nā wikiwiki ma hope o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana a me ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana o nā moku, "i haʻi aku ai ʻo Edward Sterck, kahi loiloi ma BMO Capital Markets, i ka Financial Times.

Ua hoʻouna aku ka Australian Transport Safety Bureau i ʻelua mau mea noiʻi e hoʻoholo inā i uhaki ʻia kekahi mau kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa i ka hanana.

He ʻoihana nui ka hao hao no BHP Billiton, me ka hui e lawe aku i 69 miliona tons mai Port Hedland i ka hapaha e pau ana i ka mahina o Kepakemapa, ma o kāna mau kikowaena hana ʻehā a me ʻelima mau mines i hoʻopili ʻia e kahi ʻōnaehana o 1,000km o nā laina kaʻaahi.

ʻO ka hao hao wale nō ke kuleana no ka aneane 40 pakeneka o ka loaʻa kālā o BHP ma mua o ka ukupanee, ʻauhau, hoʻemi a me ka amortization (EBITA).

Ua alo ka hui i nā derailments he nui ma ka ʻāina i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, i ka makahiki 2017 a me 2015, i ka wā i hana ʻia ai kahi hanana i ka haki ʻana.