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-2025-043-Mooring-winch-spooling-at-mooring-C015.pdf PDF (420.8 KB) 08 May 2025 Temporary
Local-NtM-2025-042-Diving-Operations-Off-East-Arm-Wharf.pdf PDF (416.7 KB) 08 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 - 040 Post Trenching Marine Environmental Surveys PDF (474.2 KB) 22 Apr 2025 Temporary
Local NtM 2025 - 039 Submarine Cable Protective Work in Darwin Harbour PDF (487.5 KB) 22 Apr 2025 Temporary
Local NtM 2025 - 037 Fireworks Display Darwin Waterfront PDF (468.7 KB) 14 Apr 2025 Temporary
Local NtM 2025 - 034 Extension of Activity dates for Research Buoys PDF (458.6 KB) 08 Apr 2025 Temporary
Local NtM 2025 - 030 Map Update: Changes to Closed Water at Darwin Ship Lift PDF (496.4 KB) 28 Mar 2025 Temporary
Local NtM 2025 - 031 Changes to the MUBRF Navigation Channel - Darwin Harbour PDF (459.2 KB) 25 Mar 2025 Temporary
Local NtM 2025 - 026 Additional Moorings in Darwin Harbour PDF (439.2 KB) 19 Mar 2025 Permanent
Local NtM 2025 - 25 Changes to Darwin Marine Supply Base Lead Lights PDF (430.2 KB) 17 Mar 2025 Temporary
Local-NtM-2025-022-Declared-Port-Depths-reissued3.pdf PDF (581.0 KB) 10 Mar 2025 Permanent
Local NtM 2025 - 021 Wreck of Vessel KA-MAR-ON PDF (426.7 KB) 07 Mar 2025 Temporary
Local NtM 2025 - 004 Wet Storage of Pipe (re-issued) PDF (597.4 KB) 19 Feb 2025 Temporary
Local NtM 2025 - 013 MSB Channel Marker Buoy Installed (re-issued) PDF (671.5 KB) 19 Feb 2025 Temporary
Local NtM 2024 - 072 Operation of vessels within naval waters PDF (660.6 KB) 03 Sep 2024 Temporary
Local NtM 2024-068 Correction to NtM 2024- 055 Darwin Ship lift turbidity buoys PDF (480.5 KB) 23 Aug 2024 Temporary
Local NtM 2024 - 057 Darwin Ship Lift Hydrographic Survey PDF (754.0 KB) 06 Aug 2024 Temporary
Local NtM 2024 061 HMAS Coonawarra Naval Waters Special Markers PDF (674.1 KB) 01 Jan 2023

NT coastal notices - whole of NT waters

NtM number and name Date published Notice type
Flare demonstration-Barge Landing Ramingining PDF (417.4 KB) 02 May 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 016 Hydro Surveying and Water Sampling - Groote Eylandt PDF (443.4 KB) 22 Apr 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 2025 - 013 Operation of Construction Vessel 'Fortitude' in NT Coastal Waters PDF (450.1 KB) 14 Apr 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 012 Construction Work on the Groote Eylandt Jetty PDF (470.0 KB) 10 Apr 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2025 - 003 Additional Moorings Installed at Groote Eylandt PDF (422.5 KB) 21 Jan 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2024 - 002 Update on Ghost net on the Orontes Reef PDF (587.3 KB) 07 Jan 2025 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2024 - 023 Fish Reef Light Extinguished and Dundee Beach FAD missing PDF (424.2 KB) 11 Dec 2024 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2924 - 022 Installation of AtoNs Groote Eylandt PDF (474.5 KB) 09 Dec 2024 Temporary
Coastal NtM 2024-012 Extended area of Exclusion Zone - Groote Eylandt PDF (495.7 KB) 15 Jul 2024 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
NtM 2021-009 Wave and temperature buoy PDF (666.0 KB) 14 Sep 2021 Temporary

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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