APEC Sydney Harbour order: Do not stop or anchor within 200 metres of a Security Exclusion Zone area

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The General Manager Recreational Boating of NSW Maritime directs no stopping, or boating of any kind in APEC security zones: the Special Event and Security Exclusion Zone” where Vessel Operators must:

• not stop or anchor within 200 metres of a Security Exclusion Zone area; unless authorised to do so by a NSW Maritime Officer or a Police Officer; and
• comply with any directions given by a NSW Maritime Officer or a Police Officer in relation to the Special Event or marine safety.

 

• maintain a speed of six knots or less within an area bounded in the West by the imaginary line from Blues Point to Millers Point on the Western side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, in the East by an imaginary line from Kirribilli Point to the Westernmost point of Pinchgut Island (Fort Denison) thence to the Northernmost point of Mrs Macquaries Point, excluding the area covered by the Port of Sydney (Sydney Cove) Sydney Cove Area and Darling Harbour where the current speed limit of eight knots will be unchanged from 9.00AM Wednesday 5 September until 9.00AM Monday 10 Sept unless the Vessel Operator is operating a public passenger ferry on a public passenger service conducted according to regular routes and timetables,
• not enter a Security / Exclusion Zone area;
• not enter the waters either side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge between 7.30 pm and 8.30 pm on 8 September. The zone is related to a brief cultural event and extends from an imaginary line between Blues Point to Millers Point in the west and Kirribilli Point to Fort Denison and to Mrs Macquaries Point in the east

 

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