North Marine installs & maintains public-use boat mooring infrastructure and reef protection markers throughout the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Scope of Work

North Marine is a key contractor in the SOA to maintain public-use boat mooring infrastructure and reef protection markers for QPWS.

North Marine has held an SOA with QPWS since 2010 (formerly as ‘Tim North Marine’) – with the most recent SOA awarded in 2019.

Work is conducted throughout the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, including the northern GBR, Whitsundays and southern GBR.

Maintenance voyages are conducted two-to-three times annually by North Marine, on average. Change-out voyages occur every four years, where mooring components are completely replaced. (Mooring parts are fully replaced, with the exception of the embedded screw anchor).

North Marine typically uses the workboat ‘Viking’ for maintenance voyages and the larger ‘Gulf Explorer’ for change-out trips.

Maintenance voyages include cleaning, exchanging defective parts, recording conditions and providing photographic and written evidence reports. North Marine ensures adequate replacement parts are ready to deploy and accordingly dispose of, or return to QPWS, faulty/unused equipment. 

Importantly, North Marine fabricates moorings in-house and is a mooring component stockist. Being a local supplier reduces third-party costs to the client, and further minimises freight charges – resulting in budget savings.

Mooring lines, with tackle, are fabricated in-house by our expert commercial diving department to exact specifications. An AMSA accredited Marine Surveyor routinely inspects fabricated mooring lines to ensure conformity with specifications.

These logistically complex voyages involve extensive quality assurance, planning, reporting and compliance obligations.

Critically, works are performed with minimal interruption to other reef users.

As always, North Marine operates within all cultural and environmental controls set out by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), QPWS and applicable authorities.

Deliverables

• Clean, inspect & conduct routine maintenance on public moorings
• Clean, inspect & conduct routine maintenance on RPMs
• Conduct mooring change-outs, inc. installation of new mooring components
• Fabricate mooring lines & tackle (in-house)
• Supply of mooring components as required in SOA
  – Including pickup lines, buoy lanyards, rated shackles, thimbles, swivels, split-pins, riser buoys, line, ballast chains etc.
• Maintenance reporting across all assets – written & photographic

North Marine Discriminators:

1. Established track record of Government contracting
2. Environmental, ethical & socially aware company
3. Extensive history of operating in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
4. Local SME business using a local FNQ workforce
5. Able to deliver all project objectives with value for money
6. In-house rope fabrication & local mooring parts stockist reduces third-party costs & freight costs, resulting in savings
7. Adept at delivering logistically complex and remote projects
8. A fleet of suitable charter vessels to perform works
9. ISO accredited
10. Experienced project managers and key personnel