Weipa Dredging Permits Reports and Research

We have undertaken detailed studies and engaged a range of stakeholders to understand the source of natural sediment accumulation and appropriate removal and placement options at the Port of Weipa.

These assessment reports have been developed in consultation with a range of professionals and stakeholder groups. For more detailed information on any aspect of this assessment, view the reports and associated appendices below. You can also see how all the reports and research fit together in the research diagram below.

Summary documents

• Information Package
• Sustainable Sediment Management Summary

Sustainable sediment management

• Port of Weipa: SSM – Comparative Analysis of Dredge Material Placement Options
• Appendix A List of Technical Advisory Consultative Committee Members
• Appendix B Bathymetric Assessment Part 1
• Appendix B Bathymetric Assessment Part 2
• Appendix B Bathymetric Assessment Part 3
• Appendix B Bathymetric Assessment Part 4
• Appendix C Sediment Budget
• Appendix D Engineering and Technical Solutions
• Appendix E Predictive Bathymetric Model
• Appendix F Sediment Properties Report
• Appendix G Comprehensive beneficial reuse assessment
• Appendix H Environmental Values Assessment Report
• Appendix I Onshore Pond and Reclamation Assessment
• Appendix J Economic Impact Assessment

Peer Review

• Peer Review – Final Acceptance Letter

Environmental risk assessment

• Summary Report - Environmental Risk Assessment
• Appendix A Risk Assessment Methodology
• Appendix B MNES Likelihood Assessment
• Appendix C Threatened and Migratory EPBC significant impact assessments
• Appendix D Protected Matters Search Tool Results
• Appendix E Dredge Plume Modelling Assessment
• Appendix F Sediment Resuspension in the Weipa region
• Appendix G Maintenance Dredging Sediment Characterisation Report

Management plans

• Port of Weipa Long-Term Maintenance Dredging Management Plan 2020 – 2030
• SSM Assessment – Environmental Thresholds
• Marine Environmental Monitoring Plan
• Port of Brisbane – Dredging Environmental Management Plan 2020

Other

• Weipa Benthic Infauna Investigations – Alternative Dredge Material Placement Areas Memo
• Port of Weipa 2019 Maintenance dredging – Summary Of Turbidity Monitoring
• Port of Weipa 2020 Maintenance Dredging – Summary Of Turbidity Monitoring
• Port of Weipa 2021 Maintenance Dredging - Summary of Turbidity Monitoring
• Port of Weipa 2022 Maintenance Dredging - Summary of Turbidity Monitoring
• Port of Weipa 2023 Maintenance Dredging - Summary of Turbidity Monitoring
• Nearshore Environment Change Mapping and High-Level Rehabilitation Potential Weipa Port

Research diagram