MANDATORY SHIP REPORTING SYSTEM "THE TORRES STRAIT REGION AND
THE INNER ROUTE OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF"
1 CATEGORIES OF SHIPS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SYSTEM
Ships of the following general categories are required to participate
in the reporting system:
.1 All ships of 50 m or greater in overall length;
.2 All ships, regardless of length, carrying in bulk hazardous
and/or potentially polluting cargo, in accordance with the definitions at resolution
MSC.43(64), paragraph 1.4;
.3 Ships engaged in towing or pushing where either the towing or
pushing vessel or the towed or pushed vessel is a vessel prescribed within the categories
in subparagraphs .1 and .2.
2 GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE OF THE SYSTEM AND THE NUMBER AND EDITION
OF THE REFERENCE CHART USED FOR THE DELINEATION OF THE SYSTEM
2.1 The reporting system will cover the general area, as shown in
the chartlet at appendix 1, covering the Torres Strait between longitude 141°45'E and 143°45'E,
centred on 10°S latitude, including the Endeavour Strait, and the waters of the Great
Barrier Reef (GBR) between the Australian coast and the outer edge of the GBR, from the
latitude of Cape York (10°40'S) southwards to 22°S.
2.2 Charts AUS 376 (Torres/Endeavour Straits) and AUS 367, AUS
370-375 (Queensland coast) provide large-scale coverage of the operational area; also
international series small scale charts AUS 4602 and 4603.
3 FORMAT AND CONTENT OF REPORT TIMES AND GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS
FOR SUBMITTING REPORTS, AUTHORITY TO WHOM REPORTS SHOULD BE
SENT AND AVAILABLE SERVICES
The ship report short title "REEFREP", will be made to the
ship reporting centre located at Hay Point in Queensland. Examples of the format and
content of all required reports are shown at appendix 2. A ship may elect, for reasons of
commercial confidentiality, to communicate that section of the REEFREP ENTRY report which
provides information on cargo (line P) by non-verbal means prior to entering the system.
This can be achieved by including cargo information in the AUSREP Sailing Plan (SP)
message.
.1 Entry and Exit Reports: Ships will be required to provide a
full REEFREP Position Report (PR) when passing the first designated reporting point on
entering the REEFREP operational area, unless an AUSREP Sailing Plan (SP) message has been
sent well in advance in which case an abbreviated REEFREP PR will suffice. When finally
departing the REEFREP area, or entering a port within the area, the REEFREP system will
associate the required PR and the designated reporting point and automatically recognize
this report as an exit message.
