Management Continue current Continue current Continue current Consider more Continue current Options practices of ship practices of ship practices of ship efficient use of practices of ship anchoring anchoring. anchoring. existing anchorages* anchoring Improve current Improve current Improve current Improve current Improve current anchorage anchorage anchorage anchorage anchorage management management management management management practices to protect practices to protect practices to protect practices to protect practices to protect environmental environmental environmental values environmental values environmental values values values Consider Further investigate Optimise the use of Optimise the use of Consider implementing impacts of ship existing anchorages existing anchorages implementing designated anchorages on Investigate impacts of designated anchorage areas. aesthetic values at Investigate impacts ship anchorages on anchorage areas the Port of Hay Point of ship anchorages Consider scheduled aesthetic values at on aesthetic values Investigate impacts ship arrivals if and Consider scheduled the Port of Gladstone at the Port of Cairns of ship anchorages when anchorage arrivals in If waiting times on aesthetic values demand dictates combination with increase beyond four at the Port of designated days, consider Townsville anchorages to avoid redesignating some need to expand anchorages as coal anchorage areas ship anchorages, and consider feasibility of VAS *Already under consideration in the draft port master plan (refer Aurecon 2012)
Management Options Continue current practices of ship anchoring Improve current anchorage management practices to protect environmental values Optimise the use of existing anchorages Investigate impacts of ship anchorages on aesthetic values at the Port of Cairns Continue current practices of ship anchoring. Improve current anchorage management practices to protect environmental values Consider implementing designated anchorage areas Investigate impacts of ship anchorages on aesthetic values at the Port of Townsville Continue current practices of ship anchoring. Improve current anchorage management practices to protect environmental values Consider implementing designated anchorage areas. Consider scheduled ship arrivals if and when anchorage demand dictates Consider more efficient use of existing anchorages* Improve current anchorage management practices to protect environmental values Further investigate impacts of ship anchorages on aesthetic values at the Port of Hay Point Consider scheduled arrivals in combination with designated anchorages to avoid need to expand anchorage areas Continue current practices of ship anchoring Improve current anchorage management practices to protect environmental values Optimise the use of existing anchorages Investigate impacts of ship anchorages on aesthetic values at the Port of Gladstone If waiting times increase beyond four days, consider redesignating some anchorages as coal ship anchorages, and consider feasibility of VAS *Already under consideration in the draft port master plan (refer Aurecon 2012)