Notice to mariners

A Notice to Mariners (NtM) reports maritime safety information on Northern Territory (NT) waters.

This includes:

  • closed waters (exclusion zones)
  • new hydrographic information
  • changes in channel depths
  • aids to navigation.

They're shared to mariners (recreational and commercial) and maritime-related organisations.

Marine operators are also required by law to report navigational hazards or dangers.

Types of notices

A notice can appear as a:

  • permanent notice - changes to information which result in a chart correction released by the Australian Hydrographic Service
  • preliminary notice (P) - a pre-emptive notification of a permanent change
  • temporary notice (T) - information valid only for a limited time.

Find notices below. They may also be published in local and state-wide print media and reproduced in the Australian Notices.

Port of Darwin local notices

NtM number and name Date published Notice type
Local NtM 2026 - 041 Stokes Hill Wharf Subsea Maintenance PDF (470.4 KB) 02 Jun 2026 Temporary
Local NtM 2026 - 042 Blank Firing Exercise Darwin Harbour PDF (418.3 KB) 02 Jun 2026 Temporary
Local NtM 2026 - 039 Operation of Vessels within Naval Waters of HMAS Coonawarra PDF (767.0 KB) 27 May 2026 Permanent
Local NtM 2026 - 035 Maintenance work on the Mandorah Marine Facility PDF (550.7 KB) 15 May 2026 Temporary
Local NtM 2026 - 030 Darwin Nepalese Festival Fireworks Display PDF (606.0 KB) 14 May 2026 Temporary
Local NtM 2026 - 031 Territory Day Fireworks Darwin Waterfront PDF (691.3 KB) 14 May 2026 Temporary
local NtM 2026 - 032 Territory Day Fireworks Mindil Beach PDF (485.7 KB) 14 May 2026 Temporary
Local NtM 2026 - 033 Darwin Beer Can Regatta PDF (462.5 KB) 14 May 2026 Temporary
Local NtM 2026 - 034 Flare Demonstration on the Elizabeth River PDF (421.0 KB) 14 May 2026 Temporary
Local NtM 2026 - 029 Geophysical and Geotechnical Survey in Darwin Harbour PDF (687.7 KB) 12 May 2026 Temporary
Local NtM 2026 - 028 INPEX LNG Module Offloading Facility Fabric Maintenance Campaign PDF (604.9 KB) 01 May 2026 Temporary
Local NtM 2026 - 025 Declared Darwin Port Depths PDF (621.0 KB) 30 Apr 2026 Permanent
Local NtM 2026 - 020 Relocation of Closed Waters Buoys - Darwin Ship Lift Site PDF (777.3 KB) 20 Apr 2026 Temporary
Local NtM 2026 - 022 Temporary Mooring Elizabeth River Bridge PDF (660.2 KB) 20 Apr 2026 Temporary
Local NtM 2025 - 117 Update Water Quality Loggers to remain in place (Date Correction) PDF (919.2 KB) 11 Nov 2025 Temporary
Local NtM 2025 - 052 New MUBRF Channel PDF (566.7 KB) 30 May 2025 Temporary
Local-NtM-2025-041-Installation-of-Hydrophone-Marker-Buoys-in-Darwin-Harbour.pdf PDF (473.4 KB) 28 Apr 2025 Temporary
Local NtM 2025 - 25 Changes to Darwin Marine Supply Base Lead Lights PDF (430.2 KB) 17 Mar 2025 Temporary

NT coastal notices - whole of NT waters

NtM number and name Date published Notice type
Coastal NtM 2026- 017 USV operations Beagle Gulf PDF (1005.9 KB) 05 Jun 2026 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2026-015(T)-Shark1 Survey for Wyasa Cable PDF (670.5 KB) 12 May 2026 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2026-016(T)-Flare Demonstration- Maningrida PDF (426.7 KB) 11 May 2026 Temporary
Costal NtM 2026-014 (T) Groote PDF (485.2 KB) 05 May 2026 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2026- 012 New Wave Buoy - Milner Bay, Groote Eylandt PDF (485.7 KB) 14 Apr 2026 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2026 - 011 (T) Report of Unlit Semi-Submerged Vessel PDF (420.8 KB) 13 Mar 2026 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2026- 008 Tug and Barge day moorings established in Milner Bay Groote Eylandt PDF (292.1 KB) 19 Feb 2026 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2026- 007 Temporary Mooring Buoys-Milner Bay PDF (290.7 KB) 19 Feb 2026 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2026- 010 New Anchorage #4-Milner Bay PDF (309.3 KB) 18 Feb 2026 Permanent
Coastal NtM 2026- 006 Mooring Buoys-Milner Bay PDF (309.4 KB) 18 Feb 2026 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2026- 002 Mooring Buoy-Millner Bay PDF (829.8 KB) 04 Feb 2026 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2026- 003 Temporary Mooring Buoys-Bartalumba Bay PDF (313.1 KB) 04 Feb 2026 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2026- 004 Temporary Mooring Buoys-Milner Bay PDF (310.3 KB) 04 Feb 2026 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2026- 001 FAD Deployment Beagle Gulf PDF (644.2 KB) 05 Jan 2026 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025- 041 Controlling Depth at Milner Bay PDF (479.5 KB) 11 Nov 2025 Temporary
Coastal-NtM-2025-039-Ghost Net Sighted off Charles Point PDF (416.6 KB) 21 Oct 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 038 Truant Island Light reported as unlit PDF (413.6 KB) 03 Oct 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 036 Additional Report of Ghost Net Reported off Charles Point PDF (557.5 KB) 22 Sep 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 034 Wave Buoy Deployment off Maningrida PDF (489.2 KB) 19 Sep 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 035 Relocation of Mooring Buoy - Milner Bay PDF (429.3 KB) 19 Sep 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 033 Re-Location of Mooring Buoy at Milner Bay, Groote Eylandt PDF (429.1 KB) 15 Sep 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 026 Ghost Net reported at Emu Reefs PDF (446.0 KB) 14 Jul 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 021 Sighting of Ghost Net Report PDF (402.9 KB) 24 Jun 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 020 Update- Deployment of Moored Wave Monitors off the NT Coast PDF (583.2 KB) 19 May 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 015 Ghost Net Sighted off Charles Point PDF (475.4 KB) 17 Apr 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 014 RE-Location of Buffalo Creek Navigation Pylons PDF (403.8 KB) 16 Apr 2025 Permanent
Coastal NtM 2024 - 002 Update on Ghost net on the Orontes Reef PDF (587.3 KB) 07 Jan 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2024-011 Missing Navigation Markers in Medina Inlet PDF (437.5 KB) 01 Jul 2024 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2023 - 007 Water Quality Monitoring Buoys Gove Harbour PDF (595.0 KB) 02 Feb 2023 Permanent

Contact

If you would like to be added to the email distribution list, email ntm@nt.gov.au.

For more information, contact the regional harbourmaster.


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