Australia's leading marine pilotage company
Provides 24/7 marine pilotage guiding ships through Torres Strait and the Great Barrier Reef
Australian Reef Pilots: Guardians of the Reef
Australian Reef Pilots (ARP) provides deep sea and coastal maritime pilotage services to safely guide ships through Northern Australian waters. Our focus is on delivering the safest possible outcome to people, the environment and property. We are the Guardians of the Reef - the most vital defence against calamitous maritime accidents in the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. READ MORE
Areas of OperationAustralian Reef Pilots provides 24/7 maritime pilotage services on the following coastal routes:
ARP owns full-service coastal pilot stations at Mackay and Cairns in North Queensland and Thursday Island and Yorke Island in Torres Strait |
Protecting You and the Great Barrier ReefAustralian Reef Pilots provides marine pilotage services for vessels transiting the shipping channels of the Great Barrier Reef. We also offer customised, highly professional pilotage and advisory services for special ships, including superyachts, cruiseships and military vessels. ARP is well aware that almost all special ships are manned by highly experienced mariners and are equipped with the latest navigational equipment. In most areas of the Reef, they don’t need a pilot in the traditional sense, but rather a ‘Reef Guide’, someone to give them the best professional local advice that will help them safely navigate both the region and the regulatory minefield that inevitably governs this environmentally sensitive, Heritage-listed marine region.Australian Reef Pilots is the first choice for specialised cruise ship pilotage with pilots licensed in the Whitsunday Passage and experienced in navigation through the Clarence and Dundas Straits enroute to Darwin and PNG waters. |
