Table E1: Summary of the current and future use of anchorage areas, current management, management options and management strategy objectives and outcomes (*as assessed with regard to the anchorage area studied by this project, **as assessed by the CBA (Appendix B) 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 year 180 ship arrivals per 800 ship arrivals per 1,500 ship arrivals per year year year per year Less than one ship One ship call per day to Less than one ship Two to three ship calls Three ship calls per call per day to anchor call per day to per day to anchor day to 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 – – – – Current Sufficient physical Sufficient physical Sufficient physical Sufficient physical Sufficient physical Management capacity capacity* capacity* demand even though capacity. of high demand for Environmental Environmental impacts Environmental Environmental Anchorages anchorages, nearly all impacts from from existing anchorage impacts from impacts from ships (99%) proceed existing anchorage practices considered to existing anchorage existing anchorage directly to anchor from practices be not significant. practices practices sea to await a berth. considered to be considered to be not considered to be not No designated not significant significant. Environmental impacts significant. anchorages. from existing Designated No designated Designated anchorage practices anchorages. anchorages. anchorages. considered to be not significant. Designated anchorages.
Table E1: Summary of the current and future use of anchorage areas, current management, management options and management strategy objectives and outcomes (*as assessed with regard to the anchorage area studied by this project, **as assessed by the CBA (Appendix B) 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 1,500 ship arrivals per year Less than one ship call per day to anchor One ship call per day to anchor Less than one ship call per day to anchor Two to three ship calls per day to anchor Three ship calls per day to 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. Sufficient physical demand even though 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.
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