COMPULSORY PILOTAGE

All vessels of 70 metres or greater in LOA, and
all loaded oil, chemical and liquefied gas
tankers regardless of length are to carry a
pilot when transiting Torres Strait, the
northern waters of the Great Barrier Reef
between latitude 10 41'S and 16 40'S,
Whitsunday Passage, the Whitsunday Group, the
Lindeman Group and Hydrographers Passage. For
details see Seafarers Handbook for Australian
Waters AHP 20 and Australia Pilot Vol III NP 15.
