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VTS areas in Australia

We authorise and audit vessel traffic service (VTS) authorities in Australia.

Entities authorised to provide vessel traffic services in Australia are:

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Abbot Point

VTS authority: Maritime Safety Queensland

Services provided: INS, TOS, NAS

More information: 

  • Port procedures and information for shipping—Abbot Point [1]
  • Vessel traffic services [2]

Chart of VTS area: 

Abbot Point VTS area
    Adelaide

    VTS authority: Flinders Ports Pty Ltd

    Services provided: INS, TOS, NAS

    More information: 

    • Vessel traffic services [3]
    • Port procedures and information for shipping—Adelaide [4]

    VTS Adelaide
    Ashburton

    VTS authority: Pilbara Ports Authority—Port of Ashburton    

    Services provided: INS, TOS    

    More information:

    • Port of Ashburton Port Handbook [5]
    • Vessel traffic services [6]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    ashburton vts area chart
    Bell Bay

    VTS authority: Tasports

    Services provided: INS, TOS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping [7]
    • Vessel Traffic Services [7]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    bell bay VTS
    Brisbane

    VTS authority:  Maritime Safety Queensland 

    Services provided: INS, TOS, NAS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping—Brisbane [8]
    • Vessel traffic services [2]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    brisbane vts chart
    Burnie

    VTS authority: Tasports

    Services provided: INS, TOS

    More information: 

    Port procedures and information for shipping [7] 
    Vessel Traffic Services [7] 

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Burnie
    Cairns

    VTS authority:  Maritime Safety Queensland

    Services provided: INS, TOS, NAS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping—Cairns [9]
    • Vessel traffic services [2]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Cairns VTS chart
    Coles Bay

    VTS authority: Tasports

    Services provided: INS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping [7]
    • Vessel Traffic Services [7]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    coles bay
    Dampier

    VTS authority: Pilbara Ports Authority—Port of Dampier

    Services provided: INS, TOS

    More information: 

    • Dampier vessel traffic services [10]
    • Port handbook [11]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Dampier VTS area
    Devonport

    VTS authority: Tasports

    Services provided: INS, TOS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping [7]
    • Vessel Traffic Services [7]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    devonport
    Fremantle

    VTS authority:  Fremantle Ports    

    Services provided: INS, TOS, NAS

    More information: Port information guide—Port of Fremantle [12]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Fremantle VTS chart
    Gladstone

    VTS authority: Maritime Safety Queensland

    Services provided: INS, TOS, NAS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping—Gladstone [13]
    • Vessel traffic services [2]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Gladstone VTS chart
    Grassy

    VTS authority: Tasports

    Services provided: INS, TOS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping [7]
    • Vessel Traffic Services [7]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Grassy
    Hay Point

    VTS authority: Maritime Safety Queensland

    Services provided: INS, TOS, NAS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping—Hay Point [14]
    • Vessel traffic services [2]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Hay Point VTS chart
    Hobart

    VTS authority: Tasports

    Services provided: INS, TOS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping [7] 
    • Vessel Traffic Services [7] 

    Chart of VTS area: 

    hobart vts
    Lady Barron

    VTS authority: Tasports

    Services provided: INS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping [7] 
    • Vessel Traffic Services [7] 

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Lady Barron
    Mackay

    VTS authority: Maritime Safety Queensland

    Services provided: INS, TOS, NAS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping—Mackay [15]
    • Vessel traffic services [2]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Mackay VTS chart
    Melbourne

    VTS authority: Victorian Ports Corporation (Melbourne)

    Services provided: INS, TOS

    More information: Harbour master's directions and Port information guide [16]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Melbourne VTS chart
    Port Hedland

    VTS authority: Pilbara Ports Authority—Port Hedland

    Services provided: INS, TOS

    More information: 

    • Port handbook [17]
    • About the port [18]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Port Hedland VTS chart 1
     
    Port Kembla

    VTS authority: Port Authority of New South Wales 

    Services provided: INS, TOS, NAS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping [19]
    • Vessel Traffic Services [20] 

    vts Port Kembla
    Port Latta

    VTS authority: Tasports

    Services provided: INS, TOS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping [7]
    • Vessel Traffic Services [7] 

    Chart of VTS area:

    Port Latta
    REEFVTS (Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Vessel Traffic Services)

    VTS authority: Maritime Safety Queensland

    Services provided: INS, NAS

    More information: 

    • REEFVTS information and User Guide [21]
    • Vessel traffic services [2]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Reefvts VTS areas
    Stanley

    VTS authority: Tasports

    Services provided: INS, TOS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping [7]
    • Vessel Traffic Services [7]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Stanley VTS
    Strahan

    VTS authority: Tasports

    Services provided: INS

    More information: 

    • Port procedures and information for shipping [7]
    • Vessel Traffic Services [7] 

    Chart of VTS area: 

    strahan
    Sydney

    VTS authority: Port Authority of New South Wales

    Services provided: INS, TOS, NAS

    More information: Vessel traffic services [22]

    Chart of VTS area:

    Sydney VTS chart
    Townsville

    VTS authority: Maritime Safety Queensland

    Services provided: INS, TOS, NAS

    More information:

    • Port procedures and information for shipping—Townsville [23]
    • Vessel traffic services [2]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Townsville VTS chart
    Weipa

    VTS authority: Maritime Safety Queensland

    Services provided:  INS, TOS, NAS

    More information:      

    • Port procedures and information for shipping—Weipa [24]
    • Vessel traffic services [2]

    Chart of VTS area: 

    Weipa VTS chart

    *INS = information service: a service to ensure essential information becomes available in time for on-board navigational decision making.

     TOS = traffic organisation service: a service to prevent the development of dangerous maritime traffic situations and to provide for the safe and efficient movement of vessel traffic within the VTS area.

     NAS = navigational assistance service: a service to assist on-board decision making and to monitor its effects, especially in difficult navigational or meteorological circumstances or in the case of defects or deficiencies.


    Source URL:https://www.amsa.gov.au/safety-navigation/navigating-coastal-waters/vts-areas-australia

    Links
    [1] http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Shipping/Port-procedures/Port-procedures-abbot-point [2] http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Shipping/Vessel-traffic-services [3] https://www.flindersports.com.au/ports-facilities/adelaide-vts/ [4] https://www.flindersports.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Operating-a-VTS.pdf [5] https://www.pilbaraports.com.au/PilbaraPortsAuthority/media/Documents/ASHBURTON/About%20the%20port/Port-of-Ashburton-Handbook-(A242137).pdf [6] https://www.pilbaraports.com.au/Port-of-Ashburton [7] https://www.tasports.com.au/vts [8] http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Shipping/Port-procedures/Port-procedures-brisbane [9] http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Shipping/Port-procedures/Port-procedures-cairns [10] http://www.pilbaraports.com.au/Port-of-Dampier/Port-Operations/Dampier-Vessel-Traffic-Services [11] http://www.pilbaraports.com.au/Port-of-Ashburton/Port-operations/Port-Handbook [12] http://www.fremantleports.com.au/Operations/Pages/Port-Information-Guide.aspx [13] http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Shipping/Port-procedures/Port-procedures-gladstone [14] http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Shipping/Port-procedures/Port-procedures-hay-point [15] http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Shipping/Port-procedures/Port-procedures-mackay [16] http://www.vicports.vic.gov.au/publications/Pages/hmd-and-port-information-guide.aspx [17] https://www.pilbaraports.com.au/PilbaraPortsAuthority/media/Documents/PORT%20HEDLAND/Port%20Operations/Permits%20and%20Procedures/Port-of-Port-Hedland-Port-Users-Guidelines-and-Procedures-(A303036).pdf [18] http://www.pilbaraports.com.au/Port-of-Port-Hedland/About-the-port [19] https://www.portauthoritynsw.com.au/port-kembla/pilotage-navigation/pilotage-harbour-masters-directions/ [20] https://www.portauthoritynsw.com.au/port-kembla/pilotage-navigation/vessel-traffic-services/ [21] http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Shipping/Reefvts [22] https://www.portauthoritynsw.com.au/sydney-harbour/pilotage-navigation/vessel-traffic-services-vts/ [23] http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Shipping/Port-procedures/Port-procedures-townsville [24] http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Shipping/Port-procedures/Port-procedures-weipa