Sean Thomas, the company’s vice-president, stated that military fuel would be distributed and collected through the Port of Darwin. File Image: The F-22 RaptorsĬrowley Solutions, based in Florida, is in charge of the fuel farm’s construction. Work on the $270 million US East Arm fuel storage facility began last month and is likely to be completed by late next year, with a capacity of 300 million liters of fuel.
The lease could now be believed to be hanging in the balance as this creates a policy dilemma for Australia. Over the years, several office-bearers and security experts have expressed concern about China’s control of a strategic Australian asset, vital to national security. On 1 July 2015 Landbridge met with the Department of Defence. Landbridge made an indicative offer to buy the Port on 29 June 2015 having consulted with FIRB on 19 June. The Darwin Port was sold by the NT Government to Landbridge, a Chinese company. The deal valued at $506 million has come under the scanner as the Australian Premier Scot Morrison hinted that he could pull the plug on it if advised by the Security and Intelligence agencies to do so. Prime Minister Scott Morrison called this “an act of confrontation”, which would be taken seriously by Canberra.Ĭhinese private firm Landbridge had won the bid for a 99-year lease of the Darwin Port located in the strategically vital Northern Territory of Australia. Recently, a Chinese military vessel was accused of endangering the lives of the Australian Defense Force after a laser was shone at a maritime aircraft just north of Australia. However, Canberra is faced with a new headache as the facility will be linked via a fuel pipeline to the controversial Port of Darwin, causing additional national security concerns about the Chinese Company’s control of the wharf, ABC News reported. To that end, work on a US fuel storage facility in Australia’s Northern Territory began last month, to expand the American military presence in the Indo-Pacific region. In recent times, Australia has significantly intensified cooperation with the United States. The relationship between Australia and China has been on a downward spiral ever since the former joined hands with the United States to demand an impartial investigation into the origins of coronavirus.
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