Reef VTS User Guide | Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Vessel Traffic Service
Year: 2025 Language: English Author: Department of Transport and Main Roads Genre: Guide Publisher: Maritime Safety Queensland Edition: 11th Edition 2025 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 42 Description: The purpose of this guide is to assist masters of ships transiting the Reef VTS area on the services provided by Reef VTS. The guide describes: • The regulatory requirements for ships entering and transiting through the Reef VTS Area, including the mandatory reporting procedures, recommended shipping routes and compulsory pilotage areas; • Contact and communication requirements; and • The vessel traffic services provided by Reef VTS. The master of a ship is responsible for the ship’s operation and is responsible for the safe navigation of the ship under all circumstances. The information provided in the Reef VTS User Guide is a guide only. Any ship, owner, operator, charterer, master, or person directing the movement of a ship must still follow all relevant laws and regulations and must take any precautions required by ordinary seamanship or by the special circumstances of the case.
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Reef VTS User Guide | Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Vessel Traffic Service
Language: English
Author: Department of Transport and Main Roads
Genre: Guide
Publisher: Maritime Safety Queensland
Edition: 11th Edition 2025
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 42
Description: The purpose of this guide is to assist masters of ships transiting the Reef VTS area on the services provided by Reef VTS.
The guide describes:
• The regulatory requirements for ships entering and transiting through the Reef VTS Area, including the mandatory reporting procedures, recommended shipping routes and compulsory pilotage areas;
• Contact and communication requirements; and
• The vessel traffic services provided by Reef VTS.
The master of a ship is responsible for the ship’s operation and is responsible for the safe navigation of the ship under all circumstances.
The information provided in the Reef VTS User Guide is a guide only. Any ship, owner, operator, charterer, master, or person directing the movement of a ship must still follow all relevant laws and regulations and must take any precautions required by ordinary seamanship or by the special circumstances of the case.
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