Port Procedures and Information for Shipping – Hay Point

The port of Hay Point is situated approximately 40km south of Mackay and services Queensland coal mines. There are 2 terminals at the port, Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal and Hay Point Services Coal Terminal.

Port Procedures and Information for Shipping – Port of Hay Point.

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• Table of contents
  • Table of amendments
  • Table of tables
• Section 1 – Introduction
  • General
  • Port description
  • Purpose
  • Datum
  • Definitions
  • Contact information
  • Rules and regulations
• Section 2 – Arrival and departure procedures
  • General
  • Arrival check list
  • Departure check list
  • Quarantine
  • Customs
  • Arrival/departure report
  • Dangerous goods
  • MASTREP
  • REEFVTS
  • Security
• Section 3 – Movement notification and traffic procedures
  • General
  • Vessel traffic service (VTS)
  • VTS role
  • Prior notification of movement
  • Booking a vessel movement
  • Reporting defects
  • Pilotage delays
  • Pilotage cancellations
  • Scheduling of ship movements
  • Movement clearance information
  • Anchoring
  • Reporting requirements
• Section 4 – Port description
  • General
  • Port environment
  • Port limits
  • Pilotage area limits
  • Load lines
  • Maximum vessel size
  • Trim requirements
  • Time zone
  • Working hours
  • Charts and books
  • Shipping announcements
• Section 5 – Port infrastructure
  • Berth information
  • Coal loading gantries
  • Anchorage areas
  • Navigation aids
• Section 6 – Weather information
  • General
  • Cyclones
  • Water density
• Section 7 – Port navigation and movement restrictions
  • General
  • Speed
  • Channel depths
  • Berthing of deep draught vessels
  • Berth warning system (BWS)
  • UKC restrictions in the port
  • Approaches to pilot boarding ground
  • Advisory Note – interaction with marine mammals
• Section 8 – Pilotage
  • General
  • Night pilotage
  • Request for a pilot
  • Pilotage area limits
  • Pilot boarding position
  • Pilot boarding arrangements 
  • Master and pilot responsibilities
  • Berthing information
  • Pilotage requirements and other commercial shipping restrictions within the Great Barrier Reef
• Section 9 – Tug procedures
  • General
  • Hay Point Tug Harbour
• Section 10 – Work permits
  • General
  • Permit requests
  • Work permits description
• Section 11 – Dangerous cargo
  • General
• Section 12 – Port safety
  • Emergency contact numbers
  • Authorities
  • Fire
  • Marine pollution
  • Marine incidents
• Section 13 – Security
  • General
  • Port security contacts
  • National security
• Section 14 – Port state control inspections
• Section 15 – Port services
  • Bunkering
  • Fresh water
  • Waste
  • Electric power
  • Shipping agencies
  • Miscellaneous contacts
• Section 16 – Appendices
  • Internal anchorage sites and arrival limits
  • Pilot boarding grounds
  • Security regulated area and port boundary
  • Security — restricted areas
  • ‘Gas free status’ declaration
  • Permission to immobilise main engines
  • Hay Point port details
  • Off shore anchorages
  • Hay Point Tug Harbour
  • Port and pilotage limits
  • Mackay Region VTS area

Contact information

• Regional Harbour Master (Mackay)
  Phone: +61 7 4944 3700^z
  Fax: +61 7 4944 3790^w
  Email: mackaymarine@msq.qld.gov.au
• Port control
  Phone: 1300 645 022 
  Email: vtshaypoint@msq.qld.gov.au
  VHF radio: channels 10 and 16
• Ports Corporation
  Phone: +61 7 4956 3111^z
  Fax +61 7 4956 3359^w
• Department of Agriculture
• Customs
  Fax: +61 2 6275 6331^w
• Bureau of Meteorology