Map showing proposed port expansions for coal exports along the Queensland coast inshore from Great Barrier Reef marine park.
A predicted rise in coal exports is expected to produce huge growth in shipping through waters close to the Great Barrier Reef over the next decade. As part of the development, millions of cubic metres of sea floor is being removed from the Great Barrier Reef right now. It’s the largest dredging project ever undertaken in Australia, making way for massive new coal seam gas export facilities.
At least six major port developments are either planned or underway along the Queensland coast inshore from the GBR marine park and reef. Already marine traffic has tripled in some areas, with earlier Environmental impact statements projecting anything from doubling to a multiple of ten times current levels.
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