Competent Authority | Objectives of REEFVTS | Mandatory Reporting Requirements | Ships required to report to REEFVTS
Service Delivered by REEFVTS | Communicating with REEFVTS | REEFVTS User Manual
Service Delivered by REEFVTS | Communicating with REEFVTS | REEFVTS User Manual
REEFVTS - Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)
On 1 December 2004, amendments to introduce a Coastal VTS was declared by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) via resolution MSC.161(78) as a measures to further enhance navigational safety in Torres Strait and the Great Barrier Reef .
The Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Vessel Traffic Service (REEFVTS) is comprised of two major components:
1. A mandatory Ship Reporting System (the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Ship Reporting System (REEFREP));
2. Monitoring and surveillance systems including radar, Automatic Identification System (AIS), Automated Position Reporting via Inmarsat C (APR) and VHF Reporting.
- Competent Authority
- Objectives of REEFVTS
- Mandatory Reporting Requirements
- Ships required to report to REEFVTS
- Service Delivered by REEFVTS
- Communicating with REEFVTS
- REEFVTS User Manual