Review of Ship Safety and Pollution Prevention Measures in the Great Barrier Reef
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Contents
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Executive Summary
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1. INTRODUCTION
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- Terms of Reference
- The Way Ahead – A Shipping Management Plan
- Conduct of the Review
- Significance of the Great Barrier Reef
- The Torres Strait
2. SHIPPING IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
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- Operational Considerations
- Indigenous Considerations
- Technical Considerations
- Legal Considerations
3. EXTENSION OF THE COMPULSORY PILOTAGE AREA
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- Where Can Pilotage Reduce Risk?
- Proposals to Extend Compulsory Pilotage
- Implications of Extending Compulsory Pilotage
4. ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY
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- Risk Assessment
- Early Introduction of Automatic Identification Systems
- Automated Position Reports
- Ship Reporting System Management Role
- Ship Monitoring in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait
- Electronic Navigation and Charting
- Other Technologies
5. ENHANCING SHIP ROUTEING, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND Emergency Response Division
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- Ship Routeing
- Chart Changes
- Traffic Management
- Emergency Response Division
6. CONSTRAINING CERTAIN SHIP TYPES
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- Outer Route
- Legal Limitations on Controlling Foreign Ships Under International Law
- Impact of a Complete Ban on the Inner Route
- Types of Ships and Cargoes
- Port State Control
- Confidential Reporting
- Double Hulled Tankers
7. IMPROVING LEGISLATIVE POWERS
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- International law
- Jurisdictional Issues
- Areas of Inconsistency
- Gaps in Legislative Powers
ABBREVIATIONS
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ATTACHMENTS
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- Terms of Reference
- Persons and Organisations Making Submissions
- Marine Incidents in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait 1985-2000
- Legislative Powers of Intervention and Enforcement
- Legislative Penalties and Offences
- Legislative Powers Of Restitution And Recovery Of Costs
- Legislation Governing Response to a Shipping Incident
LIST OF FIGURES
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- 2.1 Shipping Routes in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait
- 3.1 Pilotage Areas in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait
- 3.2 The Inner Route South of Cairns
- 3.3 Changes to Compulsory Pilotage Boarding Arrangements South of Cairns
- 3.4 Pilotage in the Whitsunday Islands
- 4.1 Diagram of Automatic Identification System Operation
- 4.2 Ship Reporting Points in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait
- 5.1 Fairway Channel
- 5.2 Proposed Marine Environment High Risk Areas
- 7.1 Jurisdictional Boundaries in the Prince of Wales Channel
last updated: 14 September 2001