Port Procedures and Information for Shipping – Abbot Point

The port of Abbot Point, situated 25km north of Bowen, is owned by Adani and operated by Abbot Point Bulk Coal, a subsidiary company of Glencore. Annual capacity for the port is currently 50 million tonnes per annum.

The port has one off-shore berth serviced by a conveyor system 2.75km from the stockpiles and a ship loader with a loading rate of over 6000 tonnes per hour.

Port Procedures and Information for Shipping – Port of Abbot Point

• Table of contents 
  • List of tables 
  • Table of amendments
• Section 1 – Introduction 
  • General
  • Purpose
  • Datum
  • Definitions
  • Contact information
  • Rules and regulations
• Section 2 – Arrival and departure procedures 
  • General
  • Arrival checklist
  • Departure checklist
  • Quarantine
  • Customs
  • Arrival/departure report
  • Dangerous goods
  • MASTREP
  • REEFVTS
  • Security
• Section 3 – Movement notification and traffic procedures 
  • General
  • Vessel traffic service (VTS)
  • Harbour contact details
  • Prior notification of movements
  • QSHIPS
  • Booking a vessel movement
  • Reporting defects
  • Pilotage delays
  • Movement scheduling
  • Anchoring
  • Arrival reporting requirements
  • Departure and removal reporting requirements
  • Abbot Point VTS Area
• Section 4 – Port description 
  • General
  • Pilotage area
  • Load lines
  • Maximum vessel size
  • Trim requirements
  • Time zone
  • Working hours
  • Charts and books
  • Shipping announcements
• Section 5 – Port infrastructure 
  • Berth information
  • Navigation aids
• Section 6 – Weather information 
  • General
  • Cyclone procedures
  • Tidal information
• Section 7 – Port navigation and movement restrictions 
  • Under keel clearance (UKC)
  • Approaches to pilot boarding ground (AUS 255)
  • Berthing requirements
  • Advisory Note - Interaction with Marine Mammals
• Section 8 – Pilotage 
  • General
  • Pilot boarding instructions
  • Passage planning - Bridge Resource Management (BRM)
  • Master/pilot responsibilities
  • Pilotage delays
  • Pilotage requirements for Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef (GBR)
  • Pilotage Plan
• Section 9 – Tug procedures 
  • General
• Section 10 – Work permits 
  • General
• Section 11 – Dangerous cargo 
  • General
  • Dangerous cargo events
• Section 12 – Emergency, pollution, marine incidents 
  • General
  • Emergency contact numbers
  • Authorities
  • Fire
  • Marine pollution
  • Marine incidents
  • Marine incident reporting
• Section 13 – Security 
  • General
  • Port security contacts
  • National security
• Section 14 – Port state control inspections 
• Section 15 – Port services
  • General
  • Bunkering
  • Fresh water
  • Waste
  • Mission to Seafarers
• Section 16 – Appendices
  • Abbot Point Port and Pilotage
  • Abbot Point Pilot Boarding Ground
  • Abbot Point Infrastructure
  • Abbot Point Berth
  • Abbot Point VTS map
  • Request to Immobilise Main Engines

Contact information

• Regional Harbour Master (Townsville)
  Phone: +61 7 4421 8100^z
  Fax: +61 7 4721 2028^w
  Email: rhmtownsville@msq.qld.gov.au
• North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation
  Phone: +61 7 4786 4187^z
• Department of Agriculture
• Customs
  Fax: +61 2 6275 6331^w
• Bureau of Meteorology