The Steamship Mutual has issued a risk alert to remind to operators of the coastal pilotage requirements effective within the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait, in accordance with AMSA’s Marine Order 54 (Coastal pilotage) 2014 (MO54).
The alert reminds vessel masters, owners and operators about the coastal pilotage areas, coastal pilotage area definitions and their boundaries and on the process for any Pilotage Exemption requests.
Vessels over 70 meters in length, loaded oil tankers, loaded chemical carriers, and loaded liquefied gas carriers (irrespective of length) are required to embark a licensed coastal pilot when transiting any of the prescribed compulsory coastal pilotage areas (Navigation Act 2012).
The Club highlights that significant penalties may apply for navigating in any of the coastal pilotage areas without an AMSA-licensed coastal pilot onboard.
