Port Procedures and Information for Shipping – Amrun

Please be advised the port’s infrastructure is under construction. For any additional information not covered in this content, please contact the Regional Harbour Master (Cairns) or VTS (Cairns).

The port of Amrun is situated approximately 280km south from the tip of Cape York on the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula. Its principal export is bauxite from the Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) mine.

This document has also been split into sections for easy download (as a result links within the sections may not work).

Port Procedures and Information for Shipping—Port of Amrun (April 2018) (PDF, 2.27 MB)

• Table of contents (PDF, 118 KB) 
  • List of tables 
  • Table of amendments
• Section 1 – Introduction (PDF, 55 KB) 
  • General
  • Port description
  • Purpose
  • Datum
  • Definitions
  • Contact information
  • Rules and regulations
• Section 2 – Arrival and departure procedures (PDF, 37 KB) 
  • General
  • Arrival check list
  • Departure check list
  • Quarantine
  • Customs
  • Dangerous goods
  • MASTREP Reporting
  • REEFVTS
  • Security
• Section 3 – Movement notification and traffic procedures (PDF, 50 KB) 
  • General
  • Port control centre – Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)
  • Shipping management contact details
  • Prior notification of movements
  • QSHIPS (Queensland Shipping Information Planning System)
  • Reporting defects
  • Inbound reporting requirements
  • Outbound and removal reporting requirements
  • Access to Regional Harbour Master (Cairns)
• Section 4 – Port description (PDF, 29 KB) 
  • General
  • Pilotage area
  • Load lines
  • Maximum vessel size
  • Trim requirements
  • Time zone
  • Working hours
  • Charts and books
  • Shipping announcements
• Section 5 – Port infrastructure (PDF, 90 KB) 
  • Berth and channel information
  • Loading gantry
  • Anchorage areas
  • Navigation aids
• Section 6 – Weather information (PDF, 29 KB) 
  • General
  • Extreme weather event contigency plan for vessels anchored, moored and operating in Queensland waterways
  • Tidal information
  • Water density
• Section 7 – Port navigation and movement restrictions (PDF, 73 KB) 
  • General
  • Speed
  • Channel depths and SUKCs
  • Draft restrictions
  • Dynamic UKC program (DUKC)
  • Berthing and sailing times
  • Approaches to pilot boarding ground
  • Restricted areas
  • Pilotage area limits
  • Advisory Note — Interaction with Marine Mammals
• Section 8 – Pilotage (PDF, 34 KB) 
  • Vessels that require a pilot
  • Pilot boarding position 
  • Passage planning - bridge resource management (BRM)
  • Pilotage requirements for Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef (GBR)
• Section 9 – Tug procedures (PDF, 18 KB) 
  • General
• Section 10 – Work permits (PDF, 29 KB) 
  • General
  • Permit requests
  • Work permits
• Section 11 – Port safety (PDF, 41 KB)      
  • Emergency contact numbers
  • Authorities
  • Fire
  • Marine pollution
  • Marine incidents
  • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) incident report form
• Section 12 – Security (PDF, 28 KB)      
  • General
  • Security levels
  • National security
• Section 13 – Port state control in Australia (PDF, 11 KB)     
• Section 14 – Port services (PDF, 17 KB) 
  • Bunkering
  • Shipping agencies
  • Miscellaneous contacts
• Section 15 – Appendices (PDF, 1.83 MB)     
  • DUKC Vessel particulars request (PDF, 160 KB)
  • Permission to immobilise main engines (PDF, 67 KB)
  • Pilotage plan (PDF, 429 KB)
  • Amrun Port layout (PDF, 355 KB)
  • Pilotage area and pilot boarding place (PDF, 552 KB)
  • Port and pilotage limits
  • Weipa (including Amrun) Vessel Traffic Service Area (PDF, 113 KB)
  • Amrun Pilotage Area (PDF, 64 KB)

Contact information

• Regional Harbour Master (Cairns)
  Phone: +61 7 4052 7400^z
  Fax: +61 7 4052 7427^w
  Email: RHMCairns@msq.qld.gov.au
• Port Control
  Phone: +61 7 4052 7470^z
  Fax: +61 7 4052 7460
  Email: vtscairns@msq.qld.gov.au
• Rio Tinto Alcan (Port Authority)
  Phone: +61 7 4069 8485
  Mobile: +61 4 1900 4936
• Department of Agriculture
• Customs
  Fax: +61 2 6275 6331^w
• Bureau of Meteorology