Port Procedures and Information for Shipping – Gladstone

Gladstone is situated just south of the Tropic of Capricorn, approximately 520km north of Brisbane, and is the principal port in central Queensland. It services a large area that is rich in natural resources, particularly coal. The principal cargoes that are discharged are petroleum products, caustic soda and bauxite, which is refined and re-exported as alumina. Exports include coal, cement clinker, wheat, alumina and aluminium.

Port Procedures and Information for Shipping for Gladstone

• Table of contents 
  • List of tables
  • Table of amendments
• Section 1 – Introduction  
  • General
  • Port description
  • Purpose
  • Datum
  • Definitions
  • Contact information
  • Regulations
• Section 2 – Arrival and departure procedures   
  • General
  • Arrival check list
  • Departure check list
  • Customs (Border Force)
  • Quarantine
  • AMSA
  • Arrival/departure report
  • Dangerous goods
  • REEFVTS
  • Security
• Section 3 – Movement and traffic procedures 
  • Port control centre – vessel traffic service (VTS)
  • Harbour contact details
  • Prior notification of movements
  • QSHIPS (Qld shipping information planning system)
  • Booking a vessel movement
  • Reporting defects
  • Booking a vessel removal
  • Tug and tow — requirements
  • Movement scheduling
  • Prioritising of ship movements
  • Pilotage delays and cancellations
  • Movement clearance information
  • Anchoring
  • Reporting requirements
  • Reporting requirements – small vessels
  • Marine construction activity
• Section 4 – Port description 
  • Pilotage area
  • Load lines
  • Maximum vessel size
  • Time zone
  • Working hours
  • Charts and books
  • Shipping announcements
• Section 5 – Port infrastructure 
  • Gladstone berth information
  • Shore-based cranes, gantries, portainers and bulk loaders – guidelines
  • Anchorage areas
  • Navigation aids and leading lights
  • Buoys and beacons within Gladstone Harbour and approaches
• Section 6 – Weather information 
  • Tidal information
  • Water density
• Section 7 – Port navigation and movement restrictions 
  • General
  • Speed
  • Trim requirements
  • Draught restrictions
  • Approaches to pilot boarding ground
  • Transit from fairway to berth
  • Passing restrictions
  • Distances from fairway beacon to Targinie Channel
  • Weather restrictions
  • Nuclear powered ships
  • Advisory note – interaction with marine mammals
• Section 8 – Pilotage 
  • Vessels that require a pilot
  • Pilotage area
  • Night pilotage
  • Request for pilot
  • Pilot boarding positions A, B, C, D and LNG
  • Pilot boarding arrangements
  • Requirements for the issue of pilotage exemption for the ports of Gladstone, Bundaberg and Port Alma
  • Passage planning – bridge resource management (BRM)
  • Master/pilot responsibilities
  • Pilotage requirements for Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef (GBR)
• Section 9 – Tug procedures 
  • General
  • Lines launches
• Section 10 – Work permits 
  • General
  • Work permits
• Section 11 – Dangerous cargo   
  • General
• Section 12 – Emergency, pollution, marine incidents 
  • Emergency contact numbers
  • Authorities
  • Fire
  • Marine pollution
  • Marine incidents
• Section 13 – Security 
  • General
  • Security measures
  • Port security contacts
  • National security
• Section 14 – Port state control inspections 
• Section 15 – Port services 
  • Bunkering
  • Fresh water
  • Waste
  • Electric power
  • Shipping agencies
  • The Missions to Seamen (Port Office)
  • Miscellaneous contacts
• Section 16 – Appendices
  • Use of Pilot Ladders – Marine Notice 19/2015
  • VTS Vessel Booking Application Form
  • VTIS A4 – Tug and Tow Advice Form
  • Cyclone Tracking Chartlet – Eastern Australia
  • Dangerous Cargo Report
  • Dangerous Cargo Event Report (form F3220)
  • Arrival/Departure Report
  • Pilot Boarding Grounds (Gladstone)
  • Helicopter Operations Information (Gladstone)
  • Gladstone Pilot Helicopter Operations Declaration
  • Gladstone Port Navigation Depths
  • Pilotage Passage Plans (Gladstone, LNG, Cruise ships)
  • Pilotage – Gladstone Port and Pilotage Areas
  • Pilotage – Golding Cutting
  • Pilotage – Gatcombe and Auckland Channels
  • Pilotage –Boyne and South Trees Wharves
  • Pilotage – Barney Point Wharf
  • Pilotage – Auckland Point Wharves
  • Pilotage – Clinton Coal Facility Wharves
  • Pilotage – Clinton Bypass Channel
  • Pilotage – WICET Wharf
  • Pilotage – Targinie Channel
  • Pilotage – Fishermans Landing Wharves
  • Pilotage – Jacobs Channel
  • Pilotage – LNG Wharves
  • Marine Pollution Report (form 3968)
  • Marine Incident Report (form 3071)
  • Defects Report Form AMSA 355
  • Example – Gas-Free Status Declaration
  • Example – Permission to Immobilise Main Engines
  • Example – Permission to Tank/Crude Oil Wash
  • Example – Chemist’s Certificate of Compliance
  • Instructions to Masters of Ships Berthed Within Zone 1
  • Small Craft Ship Navigation Areas and Recommended Courses
  • Gladstone VTS Area
  • Port of Gladstone Vessel Questionnaire (Form 1)
  • Vessel Pre-Arrival Condition Report (Form 2)
  • Terminal Pre-Arrival Confirmation Report (Form 3)
  • Deed of Indemnity – Port of Gladstone Escort Tugs
  • Vessel Interaction Prevention CCF 1,2 and 3
  • Barney Point Wharf Passing Vessel Interaction Prevention
  • (PDF, 71 KB)DUKC Draft Request Form

Contact information

• Regional Harbour Master (Gladstone)
  Phone: +61 7 4971 5200^z
  Fax: +61 7 4971 5520^w
  Email: RHMGladstone@msq.qld.gov.au
• Gladstone Vessel Traffic Services 
  Phone: +61 7 4971 5208^z
  Fax: +61 7 4971 5212^w
  Email: VTSGladstone@msq.qld.gov.au
  VHF radio: channels 13 and 16
• Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited
  Phone: +61 7 4976 1333^z
  Fax +61 7 4972 3045^w
• Department of Agriculture
• Customs
  Fax: +61 2 6275 6331^w
• Bureau of Meteorology