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NAVIGATION Emergency towage vessel Coral Knight off Pipon Islets, looking back towards Princess Charlotte Bay Transiting the reef just got safer A new guide is expected to make easier navigating sensitive areas around the Great Barrier Reef and the Torres Strait writes MIAL’s Alison Saunders THE GREAT BARRIER REEF IS THE More than 40 photo submissions were Vessel Traffic Service, Great Barrier Reef largest coral reef system in the world. It is judged in Brisbane by a panel of industry Marine Park Authority, Maritime Safety composed of almost 3000 individual reefs experts. Photographers put forward their Queensland, OMC International and and 900 islands that extend more than most captivating images that truly reflected Sea Swift. 2575 kilometres. Consequently, passing the region. The IMO designated the Great through these areas can be a cause of Captain Luke Hosking, master of the Barrier Reef including the adjoining concern for the mariner, particularly if the Coral Knight, was awarded first prize with area encompassing the Torres Strait up bridge team is unfamiliar with the region. his photo of the MV Coral Knight - AMSA’s to the border with Papua New Guinea Although the Torres Strait and Great Barrier dedicated emergency towage vessel - taken a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area in Reef lie within the state of Queensland, off Pipon Islets, looking back towards 1990, which led to the introduction of regulation of activities within this area is Princess Charlotte Bay. compulsory pilotage for the following year. covered by state and federal legislation. Although the photo was taken by Mr Meyjes said source information was It is for this reason that Witherby Captain Hosking, entering the competition not always easy to locate and interpret, Publishing Group has just released the was a collaborative effort with AMS particularly if the ship had not been able 2019 Passage Planning Guide that focuses Group’s Warren Anderson and Captain to obtain all the necessary documentation on the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait. Michael Barton from Teekay Shipping prior to departing the last port. All the data contained in the PPG has submitting the winning entry. AMSA also “The Witherby Passage Planning Guide been collated and validated by Australian approved the photo’s publication. contains the information the bridge team Reef Pilots, drawing on their considerable The photo will be featured on the front will need to properly prepare for the ship’s experience in all areas of the Marine Park. cover of the Witherby 2019 Passage Planning transit through the area,” he says. Simon Meyjes, chief executive of Guide for Great Barrier Reef and Torres The area includes extensive areas of Australian Reef Pilots says, “Australian Strait and also the August edition of MIAL compulsory pilotage where an AMSA Reef Pilots strongly recommend that this industry magazine, MAX. As well as having licensed pilot must be on board at all times. guide is used, not only as part of the ship’s the winning photo on the front cover of MIAL chief executive Teresa Lloyd said pre-entry procedures, but also as a tool these publications, Captain Hosking also the 2019 edition of the guide book had for familiarising and refreshing the bridge won various copies of other Witherby been completely revised to incorporate the team each time the ship is planning a pass Publishing publications which he kindly latest guidance and practical advice for through the area”. donated to a training college. ships transiting the region. “It is an essential resource for any crew INCREDIBLE IMAGE WORKING TOGETHER navigating the Great Barrier Reef and MIAL has been involved in the development Preparing the Witherby 2019 Passage Torres Strait,” Ms Lloyd says. of this latest edition by participating in the preparatory workshops and also running a photo competition inviting people to submit entries that best depicted ‘navigating safely through the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait’. Planning Guide for the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait was a team effort involving Witherby Publishing, MIAL, Australian Reef Pilots, Australian Hydrographic Service, AMSA, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait “MIAL also congratulates Captain Luke Hosking on his winning entry.” More information on coastal pilotage is available in Marine Order 54 (Coastal pilotage) or at the AMSA website: www.amsa.gov.au Captain Luke Hosking 18 August 2019 thedcn.com.au
INDUSTRY OPINION Impacts of industrial action on Australia’s shippers With stevedoring companies having to sort out enterprise agreements during the next 12 months, there are issues ahead on the waterfront writes Travis Brooks-Garrett FTA WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union has been vocal in the mainstream media downplaying the recent stoppages at DP World Australia, describing them as “small delays”, the reality is that these events have significant direct and indirect impacts on Australia’s shippers. The 96-hour stoppage at DPWA Swanson Dock in July was particularly severe, with six vessels affected by the strike on import, as well as holding back export receivals for six others. Some containers from previous vessels were also inside the affected terminal at the time of the strike and were stranded there for the duration of the 96-hour stoppage. We understand that some of these containers included highvalue and time-sensitive cargoes. Costs to industry included: • extra staging costs, where export containers were held back from delivery to the terminal; • reefer containers being held on power awaiting export; • higher costs for transport, where transport operators had to work Sunday afternoon and Sunday night to clear backlogs, incurring penalty rates which were passed onto customers; • truck delays and truck waiting times in returning empty containers, when containers couldn’t be de-hired at the affected terminal; and • the disruption that led to some importers and exporters being hit with shipping line detention charges for not returning containers. In addition to logistics costs, these types of delays present a real and serious risk of loss of contracts or contract penalties arising from delayed sailings and the potential for exporters to miss transhipments. These types of delays raise serious questions about our reliability as a trade partner at a time when Australia is competing in a global marketplace. IS THERE MORE TO COME? At the time of writing, in addition to DPWA’s challenges, the Hutchison Ports Enterprise Agreement has also expired, and they have experienced their own industrial action (“go slow”, stoppages, etc.) This means that in Sydney two out of the three container terminals are affected by union disruption. To make matters worse, the Patrick Stevedores Enterprise Agreement also expires next year (June 30, 2020) with industry praying that similar escalations can be avoided. MITIGATING FACTORS While shippers are counting the costs, I’m reminded by the ‘class of 1998’ (when stoppages at Patrick lasted a whole month) that industry has seen a lot worse. Thankfully, this time around, there are mitigating factors. DPWA did a commendable job in minimising the impacts on industry, with Patrick stevedores and the Victoria International Container Terminal assisting DPWA in working many of the impacted vessels for import discharge and export. The situation also may have been helped by the fact industry has seen weaker than expected import and export volumes (particularly grain and cotton) lately, putting less pressure on the logistics chain. SHIP LINES MUST COME TO THE PARTY While the terminals previously have made efforts to reduce the impact of industrial action on Australian shippers, by extending import availability times, waiving storage and sub-contracting vessels, shipping lines also need to be sympathetic in considering financial relief at the end of the container logistics chain. In an industry notice in early July, Freight & Trade Alliance, the Australian Peak Shippers Association and the Container Transport Alliance of Australia jointly called on shipping lines to extend Travis Brooks-Garrett, director, Freight & Trade Alliance free time on container detention for all containers affected by the escalating dispute and to waive associated charges. MOVING FORWARD As we all know, Australia’s container terminals are the gateways of our economy. More than 90% of our international trade by volume is carried via sea freight. So, when Melbourne, our largest port, is hit with a four-day stoppage, and when two of the three container terminals in Sydney are affected by industrial action, both sides of politics must acknowledge the seriousness of the situation we find ourselves in. While we acknowledge the union’s right to protected industrial action, the CFMMEU cannot underestimate the impact of these stoppages on industry and the wider economy. FTA and APSA will continue to work with terminal operators and shipping lines to minimise the impacts on shippers and other affected parties. Operational updates will be made available at www.ftalliance.com.au thedcn.com.au August 2019 19
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