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Bridgestone shipping truck tyres straight to Port Hedland

THE first shipment of Bridgestone off-the-road tyres from Japan have arrived in Port Hedland, marking the tyre maker’s first direct and recurring maritime freight service in Western Australia’s Pilbara.

A large OTR tyre being moved at the Bridgestone's Pilbara Mining Solution Centre.

A large OTR tyre being moved at the Bridgestone's Pilbara Mining Solution Centre.

Previously Bridgestone shipped OTR tyres to Fremantle, about 1600km to the south of the Pilbara where those tyres would be used, and they were then transported by customers to their respective sites in...

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