Port Procedures and Information for Shipping Cooktown pilotage area October 2012 Table of contents Section 1 Introduction.....................................................................................................5 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 Purpose....................................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Scope .......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.4 Authorities ................................................................................................................................... 6 1.5 Definitions.................................................................................................................................... 6 1.5.1 Regional harbour master ............................................................................................... 6 1.5.2 Delegate of the harbour master..................................................................................... 6 1.5.3 Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)................................................................ 6 1.5.4 Emergency..................................................................................................................... 6 1.5.5 Far North Queensland Ports Corporation (FNQPC)...................................................... 7 1.5.6 Under keel clearance (UKC).......................................................................................... 7 1.5.7 Length overall (LOA)...................................................................................................... 7 1.5.8 Estimated time of arrival (ETA) and estimated time of departure (ETD)....................... 7 1.5.9 Very high frequency (VHF) ............................................................................................ 7 1.5.10 Pilotage exemption certificate (PEC)............................................................................. 7 1.5.11 Highest astronomical tide (HAT) and lowest astronomical tide (LAT)........................... 7 1.5.12 International Maritime Organization (IMO) .................................................................... 7 1.5.13 International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code)...................................... 7 1.5.14 Ship movement.............................................................................................................. 7 Section 2 Movement procedures ...................................................................................8 2.1 General........................................................................................................................................ 8 2.2 Harbour contact details ............................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Pilotage ....................................................................................................................................... 8 2.3.1 Pilotage area.................................................................................................................. 8 2.4 Ship movement reporting requirements...................................................................................... 9 2.5 Passenger ship bookings............................................................................................................ 9 2.6 Requests for pilot ...................................................................................................................... 10 2.6.1 Pilotage booking procedure......................................................................................... 10 2.6.2 Notice required ............................................................................................................ 10 2.7 Pilot boarding arrangements.....................................................................................................10 2.8 Pilotage reporting requirements for Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef (GBR)..................... 10 2.9 AUSREP.................................................................................................................................... 10 2.10 REEFVTS.................................................................................................................................. 11 2.10.1 Reporting ..................................................................................................................... 11 2.11 Customs .................................................................................................................................... 11 2.11.1 Customs and quarantine – yacht arrivals .................................................................... 12 Section 3 Restrictions ...................................................................................................13 3.1 Ship size limits .......................................................................................................................... 13 3.2 Speed limits............................................................................................................................... 13 3.3 Under keel clearance ................................................................................................................ 13 3.4 Ship-sourced sewage................................................................................................................ 13 3.5 Channel depths ......................................................................................................................... 13 3.6 Tidal streams............................................................................................................................. 13 3.6.1 Tidal information .......................................................................................................... 14 3.7 Notices to Mariners ................................................................................................................... 14 Section 4 Communications...........................................................................................15 4.1 VHF communications ................................................................................................................ 15 Hard copies of this document are considered uncontrolled. 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Port Procedures and Information for Shipping Cooktown pilotage area – October 2012 Page 2 Section 5 Emergency procedures................................................................................16 5.1 Threat identification................................................................................................................... 16 5.2 Cyclone ..................................................................................................................................... 16 5.2.1 Cyclone warnings ........................................................................................................ 16 5.2.2 An advisory message from the Regional Harbour Master (Cairns)............................. 16 5.3 Port Of Cooktown cyclone contingency plan ............................................................................ 17 5.3.1 Objective........................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 5.3.2 Vessel communications and control centre................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 5.4 Tidal (storm) surge .................................................................................................................... 25 5.5 Flood ......................................................................................................................................... 25 5.6 Oil pollution ............................................................................................................................... 25 5.6.1 Reporting ..................................................................................................................... 25 5.7 Marine incidents ........................................................................................................................ 26 5.7.1 Marine incident reporting ............................................................................................. 26 5.8 Emergency contacts list ............................................................................................................ 27 Section 6 Dangerous goods .........................................................................................28 6.1 General...................................................................................................................................... 28 6.1.1 Notification ................................................................................................................... 28 Section 7 Navigation procedures.................................................................................29 7.1 Charts and publications............................................................................................................. 29 7.2 Cooktown Approaches – features and descriptions ................................................................. 29 7.2.1 Approaches from the south east.................................................................................. 29 7.2.2 Approaching from