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Port Procedures and Information for Shipping – Bundaberg

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

The port is managed by the Bundaberg Port Corporation Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Port of Brisbane Corporation. The Regional Harbour Master (Gladstone) is the harbour master for the port.

Port Procedures and Information for Shipping – Port of Bundaberg (PDF, 4.29 MB) (last updated March 2012).

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

• Table of contents (PDF, 122 KB) 
  • Table of amendments
• Section 1 – Introduction (PDF, 59 KB)
  • General
  • Port description
  • Purpose
  • Datum
  • Definitions
  • Contact information
  • Rules and regulations
• Section 2 – Arrival and departure procedures (PDF, 54 KB)
  • General
  • Arrival check list
  • Departure check list
  • Quarantine
  • Customs
  • Arrival/departure report
  • Dangerous goods
  • AUSREP
  • REEFVTS
  • Security
• Section 3 – Movement and traffic procedures (PDF, 57 KB)
  • 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 (PDF, 40 KB)
  • Pilotage area
  • Load lines
  • Maximum vessel size
  • Time zone
  • Working hours
  • Charts and books
  • Shipping announcements
• Section 5 – Port infrastructure (PDF, 48 KB)
  • Bundaberg berth information
  • Anchorage area
  • Navigation aids and leading lights
  • Buoys/beacons within Bundaberg Harbour and approaches
• Section 6 – Weather information (PDF, 51 KB)
  • Cyclone procedures
  • Small vessel cyclone procedures
  • Tidal information
• Section 7 – Port navigation and movement restrictions (PDF, 43 KB)
  • General
  • Speed
  • Trim requirements
  • Draught restrictions
  • Approaches to pilot boarding ground
  • Entering the Burnett River
  • Small vessels navigating in narrow channels
• Section 8 – Pilotage (PDF, 47 KB)
  • 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 (PDF, 33 KB)
  • General
• Section 10 – Work permits (PDF, 48 KB)
  • General
  • Work permits
• Section 11 – Dangerous cargo (PDF, 42 KB)
  • General
• Section 12 – Emergency, pollution, marine incidents (PDF, 53 KB)
  • Emergency contact numbers
  • Authorities
  • Fire
  • Marine pollution
  • Marine incidents
• Section 13 – Security (PDF, 35 KB)
  • General
  • Port security contacts
  • National security
• Section 14 – Port state control inspections (PDF, 29 KB)
• Section 15 – Port services (PDF, 35 KB)
  • Bunkering
  • Fresh water
  • Waste
  • Electric power
  • Shipping agencies
  • The Missions to Seamen (port office)
  • Miscellaneous contacts
• Section 16 – Appendices (PDF, 3.99 MB)
  • Anchoring recommendations – Marine Notice 12/2008 (PDF, 79 KB)
  • VTS vessel booking application form (PDF, 53 KB)
  • Exempt movement report (PDF, 40 KB)
  • VTIS A3 – vessel details form (PDF, 27 KB)
  • Dangerous cargo report (PDF, 133 KB)
  • Dangerous cargo event report (form F3220) (PDF, 51 KB)
  • Arrival/departure report (PDF, 355 KB)
  • Bundaberg port layout (PDF, 201 KB)
  • Pilot information – Marine Notice 9/2006 (PDF, 178 KB)
  • Pilot boarding ground (PDF, 185 KB)
  • Pilot ladder boarding arrangement (PDF, 139 KB)
  • Requirements for pilotage exemption (PDF, 94 KB)
  • Pilotage passage plan (PDF, 1.27 MB)
  • Marine pollution report (form 3968) (PDF, 38 KB)
  • Bundaberg port and pilotage areas (PDF, 126 KB)
  • Marine incident report (form 3071) (PDF, 149 KB)
  • Defects report form AMSA 355 (PDF, 103 KB)
  • Example – gas-free status declaration (PDF, 20 KB)
  • Example – permission to immobilise main engines (PDF, 39 KB)
  • Small craft ship navigation areas and recommended courses (PDF, 490 KB)
  • Cyclone tracking chartlet eastern Australia (PDF, 488 KB)

Contact information

• Regional Harbour Master (Gladstone)
  Phone: +61 7 4973 1200^z
  Fax: +61 7 4972 5520^w
  Email: RHMGladstone@msq.qld.gov.au
• Port of Bundaberg Corporation
  Phone: +61 7 4159 4233^z
  Fax +61 7 4152 3580^w
• Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)
• Customs
  Fax: +61 2 6275 6331^w
• Bureau of Meteorology