Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait
- GBR Review Report
- contents
- Contents HTML version
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Shipping in the GBR
- Extension of pilotage area
- Advancing Technology
- Enhancing ship routing traffic and emergency
- Constraining Certain ship types
- Improving legislative powers
- Abbreviations
- Attachments
- List of Figures
- GBR Review
- GBR Review discussion paper
- Report in PDF format
- Review of Safety Initiatives
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Review of ship safety and pollution prevention measures in the Great Barrier Reef
(This report can also be accessed in a print-friendly (pdf) format)
Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
- Terms of Reference
- The Way Ahead – A Shipping Management Plan
- Conduct of the Review
- Significance of the Great Barrier Reef
- The Torres Strait
Shipping In The Great Barrier Reef
- Operational Considerations
- Shipping Routes
- Shipping Movements
- Shipping Incidents
- Risks of Shipping Incidents
- Indigenous Considerations
- Technical Considerations
- Legal Considerations
Extension of the Compulsary Pilotage Area
- Where Can Pilotage Reduce Risk?
- Proposals to Extend
Compulsory Pilotage
- Torres Strait
- South of Cairns
- Whitsunday Islands
- Implications
of Extending Compulsory Pilotage
- Increased Transport Costs
- Availability of Skilled Pilots
- Exemptions from Pilotage
- Dual Watch Systems
- Fatigue Management
- Infrastructure
- Impact of Competition
- Education and Awareness
Advancing Technology
- 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
Enhancing Ship Routeing, Traffic Management and Emergency Response Division
- Ship
Routeing
- Fairway Channel
- Chart
Changes
- Whitsunday Passage
- Two Way Routes
- Marine Environment High Risk Areas
- International Campaign
- Fishing Areas Marked on Charts
-
Traffic Management
- Include Fishing Vessel Data
- Industry Forum
-
Emergency Response Division
- Salvage Tugs
- Safe Havens
- Pollution Response Timeframe
- Assessment of Chemical Spills
Constraining Certain Ship Types
- 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
Improving Legislative Powers
- International law
- UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
- Great Barrier Reer
- Great Barrier Reef as a Particularly
- Sensitive Sea Area
- Extending the Existing Compulsory Pilotage Area
- Torres Strait
- Compulsory Pilotage in Torres Strait
- Jurisdictional
Issues
- Commonwealth-State Jurisdiction
- Defining Jurisdictional Boundaries
- Shipping Regulation
- Areas of Inconsistency
- Performance Based Regulatory Framework
- Nature of Ship’s Voyage
- Environment Protection
- Improving the Regulatory Regime For Shipping in the Great Barrier Reef
- Gaps in Legislative
Powers
- Intervention and Detention
- Penalties and Offences
- Restitution and Recovery of Costs
Abbreviations
Attachments
- A. Terms of Reference
- B. Persons and Organisations Making Submissions
- C. Marine Incidents in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait 1985-2000
- D. Legislative Powers of Intervention and Enforcement
- E. Legislative Penalties and Offences
- F. Legislative Powers Of Restitution And Recovery Of Costs
- G. Legislation Governing Response to a Shipping Incident
List of Figures
- 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