[1] According to the WA Mangrove Assessment Project, Port Robinson is the area "south of Dixon Island, east of Cleaverville, west of Bouger Entrance", and north of the "mouth of Rocky Creek plus surrounds".
[2] By the 1870s, Port Robinson had become a secondary harbour used by the pearling industry based at Cossack and other coastal shipping.
In 1959, the mariners' guide Australia Pilot described Port Robinson as "a snug little harbour available for small vessels with local knowledge, of 8 or 9 feet [2.4 or 2.7 m]".
Technical and commercial feasibility studies regarding WPIOP are being developed by the rail freight company Aurizon.
[5] This, combined with falling prices for iron internationally, led to uncertainty among stakeholders – including Baosteel, Aurizon, South Korean steelmaker POSCO and transnational private equity company AMCI – regarding the viability of WPIOP, summarised as:[5] the project’s engineering teams were told to focus on ways to restructure the project to cut its estimated $4.5 billion capital cost [...] dreams of a major new Pilbara port at Anketell are all but over for the near future [...].