Bundaberg Port Procedures and Information for Shipping

The port of Bundaberg is situated at the mouth of the Burnett River, approximately 370km north of Brisbane. The principal export is sugar.

The port managed by the Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited. The Regional Harbour Master (Gladstone) is the regional harbour master for the port.

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• Table of contents 
  • Table of amendments
• 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
  • AUSREP
  • REEFVTS
  • Security
• Section 3 – Movement and traffic procedures
  • Port control centre – vessel traffic service (VTS)
  • Harbour contact details
  • Prior notification of movements
  • QSHIPS
  • Booking a vessel movement
  • Reporting defects
  • Movement scheduling
  • Pilotage delays and cancellations
  • Movement clearance information
  • Anchoring
  • Reporting requirements
• Section 4 – Port description
  • Pilotage area
  • Load lines
  • Maximum vessel size
  • Time zone
  • Working hours
  • Charts and books
  • Shipping announcements
• Section 5 – Port infrastructure
  • Bundaberg berth information
  • Anchorage area
  • Navigation aids and leading lights
  • Buoys/beacons within Bundaberg Harbour and approaches
• Section 6 – Weather information
  • Cyclone procedures
  • Small vessel cyclone procedures
  • Tidal information
• Section 7 – Port navigation and movement restrictions
  • General
  • Speed
  • Trim requirements
  • Draught restrictions
  • Approaches to pilot boarding ground
  • Entering the Burnett River
  • Small vessels navigating in narrow channels
• Section 8 – Pilotage
  • Vessels that require a pilot
  • Pilotage area
  • Night pilotage
  • Request for a pilot
  • Pilot boarding position
  • 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
• 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
  • 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 03/2022
  • VTS vessel booking application form
  • Dangerous Cargo Report (Form 3217)
  • Dangerous Cargo Event Report (Form 3220)
  • Arrival/Departure Report (Form 3452)
  • Bundaberg port layout
  • Bundaberg Pilot Boarding Ground
  • Pilot ladder boarding arrangement
  • Requirements for pilotage exemption
  • Pilotage Passage Plan
  • Marine Pollution Report (Form 3968)
  • Marine Incident report (Form 3071)
  • Defects report form AMSA 355
  • Example – Gas-Free Status Declaration
  • Bundaberg Port and Pilotage Areas
  • Example – Permission to Immobilise Main Engines
  • Small craft ship navigation areas and recommended courses
  • Cyclone tracking chartlet – eastern Australia
  • Pilot Ladder Checklist
  • Safe Work Method Statement – Boarding by ladder

Contact information

• Regional Harbour Master (Gladstone)
  Phone: +61 7 4971 5200
  Email: [email protected]
• Port Control
  Phone: +61 7 4839 0208
  Fax: +61 7 4971 5212
  VHF radio: channels 13 and 16
  Email: [email protected] 
• Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC)
  Phone: +61 7 4130 2200
  Mobile: +61 7 4159 4655
  Port security incident: 0419 029 381 (24 hours)
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Department of Home Affairs (Customs)
  Fax: +61 2 6275 6331^w
• Bureau of Meteorology