​Port of Gladstone

 

The main navigational shipping infrastructure within the Port of Gladstone typically requires annual maintenance dredging. Maintenance dredging of additional facilities such as the Gladstone Marina are undertaken when required.

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The purpose of this Long-term Maintenance Dredging Management Plan (LMDMP) is to address operational needs, environmental risks, monitoring and adaptive management actions specific to the Port of Gladstone whilst ensuring the ongoing sustainability of maintenance dredging within the port.

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Our monitoring

 

View our monitoring here

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Framework

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• Port of Gladstone – Long-term Maintenance Dredging Management Plan v6

• Maintenance Dredging Environmental Management Plan

• Maintenance Dredging Environmental Monitoring Procedure

• Risk Assessment for Scheduling Maintenance Dredging

• Port of Gladstone Marina Maintenance Dredging Environmental Management Plan

• Port of Gladstone Marina Maintenance Dredging Environmental Monitoring Procedure

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A range of studies relevant to maintenance dredging informed the preparation of our LMDMP and the development of its associated management documents. The LMDMP commits to the availability of a range of these documents. These include the outcomes of programs in the long-term maintenance dredging monitoring schedule. This information will be updated and revised periodically taking into account recent investigations in response to changes in risk, or as a result of the completion of monitoring as per the long-term maintenance dredging schedule.

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The Sustainable Sediment Management Project (SSM Project) will provide a better understanding of sediment dynamics, characteristics and sedimentation rates that can be used to forecast dredging requirements, analyse avoid, reduce and reuse options and provide justification for proposed and/or selected sediment management solutions into the future. The project aims to minimise environmental impacts and ensure the sustainability of maintenance dredging activities at the Port of Gladstone.

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Latest monitoring reports

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• Sediment Quality Plan

• Sediment Quality Implementation Report

• Water Quality Real Time Impact Detection

• Water Quality Sediment Investigations

• Water Quality Bioavailability Study

• Water Quality (Potential Impacts Assessment)

• Sensitive Receptors Reef Conditions Survey

• Benthic Habitats and Communities Survey

• Hydrographic Survey

• Marine Pest Survey

• Ambient Survey (Deepwater Seagrass)

• Ambient Survey Water Quality — Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership and Port Curtis Integrated Monitoring Program

• Ambient Survey (Coastal Seagrass)

 

Latest regulatory reports

 

• Sea Dumping Permit International Reporting

• Water Quality Environmental Compliance Report

• Water Quality Environment Compliance Report (Marina)

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Technical Advisory and Consultative Committee

 

The Technical Advisory and Consultative Committee (TACC) provides for a forum to understand our maintenance dredging activities and to assist GPC and regulatory agencies to access local knowledge and reconcile stakeholder interests.

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