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Information for Interest | Pilot Advisory Notes | Restricted Access
AMSA Pilot Advisory Notes
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2011 Advisory Notes
- Pilot Advisory Note 13/11 [ PDF: 863 kB]
AMSA Interpretation of the 15 point rule - Supercedes 10/2006 - Pilot Advisory Note 12/11 [ PDF: 357 kB]
Amended procedures for the issue or revalidation of coastal pilot licences - Pilot Advisory Note 11/11 [ PDF: 747 kB]
Establishment of a Pilotage Portal on the AMSA web site - Pilot Advisory Note 10/11 [ PDF: 657 kB]
Changes to the REEFVTS VHF Frequencies and contact details - Pilot Advisory Note 09/11 [ PDF: 378 kB]
Changed procedure to obtain a Certificate of Medical Fitness issued under
Marine Order Part 9. Supercedes 06/2009 and 03/2011 - Pilot Advisory Note 08/11 [ PDF: 361 kB]
Changes to Reporting Procedures to ReefVTS from 1 July 2011 - Pilot Advisory Note 06/11 [ PDF: 10 kB]
Incident Reporting Forms - Pilot Advisory Note 05/11 [ PDF: 14 kB]
Sewerage discharge in the GBR & Torres Strait - Pilot Advisory Note 04/11 [ PDF: 13 kB]
Changes to standard Check Voyage Check List used in support of coastal pilot issue or revalidation - Pilot Advisory Note 02/11 [ PDF: 10 kB]
Soundings in Torres Strait - Pilot Advisory Note 01/11 [ PDF: 23 kB]
Index of Advisory Notes - January 2011
2010 Advisory Notes
- Pilot Advisory Note 13/10 [ PDF: 11 kB]
Current contact details for the Great Barrier Reef & Torres Strait Vessel Traffic Service ~ ReefVTS - Pilot Advisory Note 11/10 [ PDF: 11 kB]
Close Quarters Situation - Prince of Wales Channel - Pilot Advisory Note 10/10 [ PDF: 12 kB]
Restricted pilot licenses - Tankers in ballast - Pilot Advisory Note 09/10 [ PDF: 14 kB]
Check Voyage Documentation - Pilot Advisory Note 08/10 [ PDF: 12 kB]
Automatic Shallow Water Alerts - Pilot Advisory Note 06/10 [ PDF: 9 kB]
Clarification of the provisions of Marine Order part 54 for pilots operating outside of the compulsory pilotage areas - Pilot Advisory Note 05/10 [ PDF: 6 kB]
Provision of PDC by the AMC - Pilot Advisory Note 04/10 [ PDF: 100 kB]
HUET training provided to serving RAN officers - Pilot Advisory Note 03/10 [ PDF: 100 kB]
Clarification of aspects of the Queensland Coastal Fatigue Management Plan (QCFMP) section 1 (e) - Pilot Advisory Note 02/10 [ PDF: 100 kB]
Changes to off shore anchorages at Hay Point - Pilot Advisory Note 01/10 [ PDF: 20 kB]
Index of Advisory Notes - January 2010
2009 Advisory Notes
- Pilot Advisory Note 21/09 [ PDF: 16 kB]
Inflatable Lifejackets used by Coastal Pilots - Pilot Advisory Note 20/09 [ PDF: 11 kB]
Rationalisation of Martime Safety Information (MSI) Dissemination - Pilot Advisory Note 19/09 [ PDF: 11 kB]
Helicopter Underwater Escape Training - Pilot Advisory Note 18/09 [ PDF: 14 kB]
Pilotage Reference Books Available on loan from AMSA - Pilot Advisory Note 17/09 [ PDF: 12 kB]
Error in ENC 411141 Arafura Sea - Larpent Bank to Carpentaria Shoal - Pilot Advisory Note 16/09 [ PDF: 12 kB]
Areas where All Ships broadcast are to be made; Hydrographers Passage - Pilot Advisory Note 15/09 [ PDF: 25 kB]
Feedback from Written Exams for Initial Restricted Pilot License - Pilot Advisory Note 14/09 [ PDF: 18 kB]
Update of progress The National Standard on Competencies of Trainee Marine Pilots - Pilot Advisory Note 13/09 [ PDF: 15 kB]
Requirement for written exam before the issue of initial Restricted Pilot License - Pilot Advisory Note 12/09 [ PDF: 11 kB]
Requirement to Report Commencing or Ceasing Pilotage Duties - Pilot Advisory Note 11/09 [ PDF: 31 kB]
Near miss between a Piloted Vessel and Fishing Boat at Cairns FW PBG - Pilot Advisory Note 10/09 [ PDF: 20 kB]
Single Person Errors and the use of BRM - Pilot Advisory Note 09/09 [ PDF: 32 kB]
Reporting of Deficiencies - Pilot Advisory Note 08/09 [ PDF: 20 kB]
Please Call Pilot (PCP) - Pilot Advisory Note 07/09 [ PDF: 15 kB]
Passage Plans - Pilot Advisory Note 05/09 [ PDF: 45 kB]
Assessment & Check Voyage Requirement for the Issue of the Initial Restricted Pilot License - Pilot Advisory Note 01/09 [ PDF: 77 kB]
Index of Advisory Notes - Jan 2008
2008 Advisory Notes
- Pilot Advisory Note 13/08[ PDF: 50 kB]
Carriage of Annual Australian Notices to Mariners, Pilots Advisory Notes and other reference material - Pilot Advisory Note 12/08 [ PDF: 43 kB]
Recently Issued Marine Notices 13/2008, 14/2008 & 15/2008 - Pilot Advisory Note 11/08 [ PDF: 50 kB]
Pilot-Master Briefing regarding course alterations off Fitzroy Island for Southbound vesels - Pilot Advisory Note 10/08 [ PDF: 46 kB]
Piloted Ships in Compulsory Pilotage Areas - Pilot Advisory Note 09/08 [ PDF: 56 kB]
Fee Payable for Coastal Pilot License Issue and Renewal - Pilot Advisory Note 06/08[ PDF: 19 kB]
Pilot Arrangements in the Torres Strait during Adverse Weather - Pilot Advisory Note 03/08 [ PDF: 14 kB]
Unpiloted Ships in Compulsory Pilotage Area
- Pilot Advisory Note 02/08 [ PDF: 17 kB]
Underkeel Clearance Requirements - Pilot Advisory Note 01/08 [ PDF: 25 kB]
Index Jan 2008 - Current Advisory Notes to Coastal Pilots
2007 Advisory Notes
- Pilot Advisory Note 20/07 [ PDF: 12 kB]
Incident Report - Close Quarters Situation - Pilot Advisory Note 17/07 [ PDF: 12 kB]
Depths in the Great Barrier Reef & Torres Strait - Pilot Advisory Note 14/07 [ PDF: 68 kB]
Use of Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC) during Check Voyages - Pilot Advisory Note 11/07 [ PDF: 47 kB]
Use of Mobile Phones - Pilot Advisory Note 10/07 [ PDF: 44 kB]
Explanatory Notes to Passage Plans - Pilot Advisory Note 09/07 [ PDF: 96 kB]
Pilotage outside of compulsory pilotage areas - Pilot Advisory Note 07/07 [ PDF: 15 kB]
Queensland Coastal Pilotage Fatigue Management Plan - Pilot Advisory Note 03/07 [ PDF: 24 kB]
Requirements for pilotage with a tug and tow - Pilot Advisory Note 01/07 [ PDF: 37 kB]
Current Advisory Notes to Coastal Pilots - Index of Advisory Notes - Jan 2007 [ PDF: 30 kB]
2006 Advisory Notes
- Pilot Advisory Note 14/06 [ PDF: 12 kB]
Weather Forecasts via VHF Channels 18 & 19 - Pilot Advisory Note 12/06 [ PDF: 11 kB]
Travel in pilot boats - Pilot Advisory Note 11/06 [ PDF: 16 kB]
Rest Areas with the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait - Pilot Advisory Note 10/06 [ PDF: 13 kB]
Clarification of the 15-point rule of fatigue management - see PN 13/2011 - Pilot Advisory Note 08/06 [ PDF: 25 kB]
Cruise Ship Corridors - Guidelines - Pilot Advisory Note 06/06 [ PDF: 12 kB]
Approval of Professional Development Course at the AMC - Pilot Advisory Note 05/06 [ PDF: 14 kB]
Check Pilot Documentation - Pilot Advisory Note 04/06 [ PDF: 12 kB]
Use of Unofficial Tide Tables - Pilot Advisory Note 03/06 [ PDF: 12 kB]
Unprofessional use of the VHF radio - Pilot Advisory Note 01/06 [ PDF: 37 kB]
- Index of Advisory Notes [ PDF: 23 kB]