Summary of the current and future use of anchorage areas, current management, management options and Table E1: management strategy Objectives and outcomes supported by information developed under phases 1 and 2 of this study Cairns Townsville Abbot Point Hay Point Gladstone Current Multi commodity Multi commodity port Single commodity Single commodity port Multi commodity Anchorage port port port use 500 ship arrivals 730 ship arrivals per 180 ship arrivals 800 ship arrivals per 1500 ship arrivals per year year per year year per year Less than one ship One ship call per day Less than one ship Two to three ship Three ship calls call per day sits at sits at anchor call per day sits at calls per day sit at per day sit at anchor anchor anchor anchor Average time at Average time at anchor Average time at Average time at Average time at anchor 12 hours three days anchor three days anchor 19 days anchor four days – – – – – Sufficient physical Sufficient physical Sufficient physical High demand for Sufficient physical Current Management capacity capacity capacity anchorages, nearly all capacity. of ships (99%) proceed Environmental Environmental impacts Environmental Environmental Anchorages directly to anchor from impacts from from existing impacts from impacts from sea to await a berth. existing anchorage anchorage practices existing anchorage existing anchorage practices considered to be not practices Environmental practices considered to be significant. considered to be impacts from existing considered to be not significant not significant. anchorage practices not significant. No designated considered to be not Designated anchorages. No designated Designated significant. anchorages. anchorages. anchorages. Designated anchorages.
Table E1: Summary of the current and future use of anchorage areas, current management, management options and management strategy Objectives and outcomes supported by information developed under phases 1 and 2 of this study Cairns Townsville Abbot Point Hay Point Gladstone Current Anchorage use Multi commodity port Multi commodity port Single commodity port Single commodity port Multi commodity port 500 ship arrivals per year 730 ship arrivals per year 180 ship arrivals per year 800 ship arrivals per year 1500 ship arrivals per year Less than one ship call per day sits at anchor One ship call per day sits at anchor Less than one ship call per day sits at anchor Two to three ship calls per day sit at anchor Three ship calls per day sit at anchor Average time at anchor – 12 hours Average time at anchor – three days Average time at anchor – three days Average time at anchor – 19 days Average time at anchor – four days Current Management of Anchorages Sufficient physical capacity Environmental impacts from existing anchorage practices considered to be not significant Designated anchorages. Sufficient physical capacity Environmental impacts from existing anchorage practices considered to be not significant. No designated anchorages. Sufficient physical capacity Environmental impacts from existing anchorage practices considered to be not significant. No designated anchorages. High demand for anchorages, nearly all ships (99%) proceed directly to anchor from sea to await a berth. Environmental impacts from existing anchorage practices considered to be not significant. Designated anchorages. Sufficient physical capacity. Environmental impacts from existing anchorage practices considered to be not significant. Designated anchorages.