The state government in Queensland is readying the ban of transhipping along the Great Barrier Reef.
“The reef contributes more than A$6bn ($4.4bn) to the Australian economy and supports more than 60,000 jobs,” Queensland’s minister for environment Leeanne Enoch said. “Our transhipping policy recognises the multiple pressures the reef already faces and is a vital part of our government’s package of measures to protect it.”
The policy will not count for any transhipments of less than 100 tons.
