Published: March 2021
This publication is designed to be used as part of the ship's pre-entry procedures and as a tool for refreshing the bridge team each time the ship is planning a passage through the GBRTS. An improved presentation of pull-out chartlets allow the book to be used in real time, giving the navigator an overview that can be lost on ships where the primary means of navigation is ECDIS. Updated traffic information and case studies based on accident reports are effective in illustrating best navigational procedures.
Contents
PART 1 Background and Supporting Notes to the Guide
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Marine Management in the Region
1.3 Maximum Draught and the UKCM System in the Torres Strait
1.4 Navigation in the GBRTS
1.5 Passage Planning
1.6 Climate and Meteorology
1.7 MARPOL and Environmental Considerations
1.8 Emergency Response Vessel
PART 2 Groundings and Collisions in the GBRTS – Case Studies
2.1 Groundings and Collisions – Case Studies
2.2 Traffic Hotspots
PART 3 Passage Notes
Section 1 – Great North East Channel
Great North East Channel – NE-bound
Great North East Channel – SW-bound
Section 2 – Inner Route and South of Cairns
Inner Route – SE-bound
South of Cairns – Southbound
South of Cairns – Northbound
Inner Route – NW-bound
Section 3 – Hydrographers Passage
Hydrographers Passage – SW-bound
Hydrographers Passage – NE-bound
Section 4 – Whitsunday Passage
Whitsunday Passage
PART 4 Annexes
Annex 1 – Pre-Entry Bridge Team Meeting GBR and TS
Annex 2 – Getting the Best from ENC in the GBR
Annex 3 – GBRMPA Approved Cruise Transit Corridors
Annex 4 – Reef VTS
Annex 5 – Ballast Water Management for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
