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Sea Transport is critical to Australia as an island nation. It links our products to overseas markets and allows us access to goods produced elsewhere. In fact, 99% of Australia’s international exports and imports travel via sea.
In Queensland, over 15 trading ports connect our export goods with other domestic and international markets, handling over 270 million tonnes per annum. By weight, Queensland’s biggest export is coal, followed by bauxite. Queensland also exports other bulk commodities, manufactured products and agricultural products in large quantities.
The importance of sea transport to Australia is being recognised through major port infrastructure upgrades across the country. This includes channel deepening in Adelaide and Melbourne, and the building of a new container terminal in Sydney.
General Info
- Queensland Shipping information and licensing page
http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Shipping.aspx - Notices to Mariners - Queensland marine safety information for mariners, organisations and other interested parties
http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Notices-to-Mariners.aspx
Publications & Reports
- Queensland Marine Pollution brochure
http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/~/media/.../marine_pollution_brochure_screen.pdf - A Guide to Maximising Efficiencies in the Port of Brisbane Sea Freight Container Supply Chain
http://www.the-linc.com.au/Portals/10/SeafreightContainerSupplyChainGuideQLDSFC.pdf
Fact Sheets
- Fact sheet - Bar crossings Can be Dangerous
http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/.../866e9771-a5c2-4c41-ad21-a9eabc7c1de3/pdffactsheetbarcrossings.pdf - Marine Communications Fact sheet
http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/.../31c2d15d-c7da-462b-a7c4-88c4602f26cb/factsheetmarinecomms.pdf
Safety
- Queensland Collision Rules (February 2011)
http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/~/media/8a9db77e-feb7-42b3-ac24-c45b33ad3200/factsheetcollisionrules.pdf - Queensland licensing, registration and safety equipment
http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/~/media/2cba87c9-0fe7-4b1d-8f2b-8ab434e14982/factsheetlicensingregsafety.pdf - Queensland safety equipment requirements for commercial and fishing ships
http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Safety/Safety-equipment-commercial-and-fishing-ships.aspx - Queensland Marine incidents - Safety Reports
http://www.msq.qld.gov.au/Publications/Safety-reports.aspx
Organisations and Contacts
- Marine Queensland
http://www.marineqld.com.au/ - Royal Marine Association - Queensland
http://www.rmaq.com.au/ - Queensland Department of Transport- Ports
http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Business-and-industry/Transport-sectors/Ports.aspx
