Passage Planning Guide - Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait (PPG - GBRTS 2019 Edition) - Witherby [2019, PDF]

Passage Planning Guide - Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait (PPG - GBRTS 2019 Edition)

Year: 2019
Language: english
Author: AMSA
Genre: Guide
Edition: 3
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages + text layer
Pages count: 263
Description: The Great Barrier Reef is an area of global environmental and economic importance. As early as 1975, the Australian
Government recognised its significance by creating the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) to regulate
all activities that take place within the marine park. Its scientific, cultural and historic importance led to the Park being
added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site List in 1981, with the adjoining and connected Gondwana Tropical
Rainforests added in 1986. The Park, and the adjoining area encompassing the Torres Strait up to the border with
Papua New Guinea, was designated
a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) in 1990, which led to the introduction of
compulsory pilotage the following year.
Consequently, passing through these areas can be a cause of concern for the mariner, particularly
if the bridge team
is unfamiliar with the region. Although the whole of the Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef lies within the state
of Queensland, regulation of activities within this area is covered by both state and federal legislation. The source
information
is not always easy to locate and interpret, particularly
if the ship has not been able to obtain all the
necessary documentation prior to departing the last port. This Guide contains the information the bridge team will need
to properly prepare for the ship's transit through the area.
All the data contained within this Guide has been collated and validated by Australian Reef Pilots, drawing on their
considerable experience
in all areas of the Marine Park. It is also their approved familiarisation and training guide.
Australian Reef Pilots strongly recommend that this Guide is used, not only as part of the ship's pre-entry procedures, but
also as a tool for familiarising and refreshing the bridge team each time the ship is planning
a passage through the area.
Its design, with pull-out chartlets, allows this Guide to be used in 'real time', giving the navigator the overview that can be
lost with the introduction of ECDIS paperless ships.
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