Fremantle Port Authority launched its new logo.

Two navigational lead beacons, one near No 1 gate and the other at B shed were installed to mark the centre line of the harbour entrance channels. The 20 and 27 metre high beacons have large coloured panels with central fluoro light facing seawards. The beacons were set up and provide a safer approach for the large vessels entering the newly deepened Inner Harbour.

Fremantle Port Authority constructed a new helipad in the Rous Head Industrial Park in 1990. The helipad allows easy access for set-down and lift-off for ship-to-shore transfers from carriers anchored in Gage Roads and for television and emergency services helicopters. The heliport on Port Beach Road, which it replaced, ceased operating in June 1990.

10 January 1990

Fremantle Port Authority launched a three-month free trial of an electronic shipping information service to a group of Port users on 10 January 1990. The move was part of a general trend in the shipping industry towards EDI (Electronic Data Interchange).

14 March 1990

HMAS Sydney and HMAS Tobruk departed Fremantle on 14 March 1990 on their journey to Anzac Cove to mark the 75 Anniversary of the ANZAC battle at Gallipoli. Some of the surviving Gallipoli veterans were returning to Anzac Cove on the HMAS Sydney and HMAS Tobruk for the celebrations. They were farewelled by the Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

24 April 1990

From April 1990 mineral sands products were exported through the Port of Fremantle from the Cooljarloo mine, 170km north of Perth. The Cooljarloo mine at Cataby, a dry mill in Muchae and a titanium dioxide pigment plant in Kwinana were built by a joint venture between Minproc Chemical Company and the Kerr McGee Corporation to generate an annual export of 352,000 tonnes of mineral sands through the Port of Fremantle. The $400 million Cooljarloo Development was the first in the world to process mineral sands through synthetic rutile to titanium dioxide pigment as a fully integrated project. 10,500 tonnes of mineral sands were loaded onto the 'Brussel" on 24 April 1990 to become the joint ventures first shipment. Except for leucoxene (to be bagged and sent in containers from Fremantle Container Terminal) the mineral sands were exported in bulk from the AIS (now Kwinana Bulk Terminal) Jetty.

8 May 1990 to 23 July 1990

The special characteristics of the Passenger Terminal proved very attractive to the organizers of 'Dinamation' an exhibition of animated dinosaurs, when they needed a Perth location for their show. The terminal provided more than 1,000sqm of floor space, very high ceilings, room and unload seven trucks at once, access and bus and rail transport and parking facilities for the predicted 200,000 visitors.

1 July 1990

Fremantle Port Authority introduced a new Port Pricing Structure applying the user pays principle as of the 1 July 1990.

2 July 1990

The Port Authority's new hydrographic survey vessel the "June Lewis" was officially named by Mrs. Claire Taplin, wife of the Chairman of Commissioners, Dr. John Taplin at a ceremony on 2 July 1990. The vessel was named after the late Mrs. June Lewis, wife of Mr. Tom Lewis, Chairman of Commissioners of Fremantle Port Authority from 1975 to 1987.

2 August 1990

Nearly 300 people attended a waterfront reform seminar hosted by the Port of Fremantle at the Esplanade Hotel on August 2. The seminar featured addresses by the Minister of Transport, Mrs. Pam Beggs, the Federal Minister for Shipping , Senator Bob Collins and Secretary of the ACTU, Mr. Bill Kelty.

28 August 1990

The Port of Fremantle handled its 500 millionth tonne of cargo during August 1990. The mark was reached during unloading of the new containership "Berlin Express" which arrived in the port on August 28 1990. It was the new dredged depth of 13 metres which enabled the ship to berth.

September 1990

Work on the construction of the Buckland Hill Sector Light was completed at the end of September 1990. The sector light is used to guide ships using the deepest approach channel to the port.

5 November 1990

Fremantle Port Authority's role as a shore-side stevedore ended on 5 November 1990. The decision had been brought about by changes in two main areas: in the structure of Australia's waterfront industry and in cargo handling practices.

December 1990

In December 1990 Fremantle Port Authority's Inner Harbour was recognised as one of Australia's most outstanding and important engineering landmarks. The Authority was presented with the National Engineering Landmark Award by the Institute of Engineers Australia.