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04 Mar 2026 / Cairns & Halfmoon Bay, North Queensland, Australia
At 1130 hours local time today (4 March) the Regional Harbour Master for the Port of Cairns & Halfmoon Bay advised that a weather event is likely within the next 24-48 hours.
Tropical Low 29U is developing in the Coral Sea, north of Willis Island. It is expected to turn southwest later today, taking it towards the North Tropical Coast. There is a moderate chance of the system developing into a tropical cyclone before making landfall on the North Tropical Coast during Friday.
Vessel operators and owners are urged to:
Review their safety plans and address any outstanding matters.
Suspend all cargo or trading operations and obtain a situation report on state of operations including draft.
Inform ships’ masters of situation and place a short notice to sail.
Obtain information on length of time to bring ships to a readiness to sail.
Inform Regional Harbour Master of situation and ascertain suitable sailing times and draft requirements.
If time permits, resume cargo, trading operations or ballast operations.
Bring ship to satisfactory handling trim and safe transit draft.
Small vessels should move to cyclone mooring areas.
The Extreme Weather Event Contingency Plan is available at the Maritime Safety Queensland website https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/maritime-safety-extreme-weather-contingency-plans
Incident updates are available at the Maritime Safety Queensland dashboard https://www.qldmaritime.msq.qld.gov.au/
For further details and updates, as well as information about operations in Australia, contact GAC at [email protected]
