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

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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    1. Terms of Reference
    2. Persons and Organisations Making Submissions
    3. Marine Incidents in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait 1985-2000
    4. Legislative Powers of Intervention and Enforcement
    5. Legislative Penalties and Offences
    6. Legislative Powers Of Restitution And Recovery Of Costs
    7. 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

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