Bhagwan Marine to support construction on Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project

<p>Bhagwan Marine, which owns and operates marine vessel servicing oil and gas, resources, port services, towage, and construction industries in Australia, has won a contract to supply marine vessels and crew to support construction at Rio Tinto&rsquo;s Amrun bauxite project in north Queensland.<br /><br />&ldquo;Winning this new work couldn&rsquo;t have come at a better time,&rdquo; Bhagwan&rsquo;s Geraldton - based managing director Loui Kannikoski said in a statement. <br /><br />&nbsp;&ldquo;Creating new work opportunities for some of the local community is also very satisfying for us.&rsquo;&rsquo;<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/Bhagwan-Marine-.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />The marine vessel provider&rsquo;s winning the contract comes at a time when the marine services sector has been hit by the downturn in both the oil and gas sector and marine construction work.<br /><br />Amrun is a Greenfield bauxite development in the Weipa/Aurukun region of Western Cape Work, in the far north of Queensland.<br /><br />{googleAdsense}<br /><br />The project will eventually replace the existing East Weipa mine centre and develop high quality bauxite reserves available south of the Weipa Peninsula.<br /><br />The company said a significant percentage of its workforce would consist of indigenous employees from the local community and other regional areas.&nbsp;</p>