Australian Reef Pilots Under New Ownership
Australian marine pilotage company Australian Reef Pilots (ARP) has been bought by a consortium of its employees. ARP, which services shipping through the Great Barrier Reef, has been sold by the private Brisbane-based company Torres Industries to a group of ARP executives and reef pilots, making for a very âhands onâ team. ARP CEO Simon Meyjes has led the buyout and said it would be business as usual during the transition. âWe know the business and our customers intimately and want to seize the opportunities we can see to grow and expand our services,â Meyjes said.
'Guardians of the Reef' Win Australian Accolade
Australian Reef Pilots (ARP) popularly known as 'Guardians of the Reef' and the country's leading pilotage company has won a national accolade for its work to protect one of the planetâs most sensitive and treasured areas â the Great Barrier Reef. ARP picked up this yearâs esteemed Australian Shipping and Maritime Industry Award (Safe Transport Category). Chief Executive Officer Simon Meyjes said the award recognised ARPâs unique world-class Safety Management System (SMS).âOur SMS gives access to real-time information on pilot schedulesâŚ
Australian Reef Pilots Don 'SmartCap' Fatigue Monitors
Pilotage service providers, Australian Reef Pilots (ARP) has embraced world-first brainwave technology in what they say is the pursuit of an ultimate objective of best practice maritime safety standards. ARP is trialling the Australian-developed SmartCap system, a unique piece of headwear which monitors brain activity to indicate fatigue levels. ARP CEO Simon Meyjes said SmartCap was another tool in the companyâs array of sophisticated technological innovations to enhance ship, crew and environmental safety.
Improved Safety on the Great Barrier Reef
The German marine software company SevenCs has partnered with Australian software company VoyageBank to deliver state of the art Portable Pilot Unit (PPU) technology to 50 marine pilots charged with responsibility for keeping the Great Barrier Reef free of shipping disasters. The three year deal, signed recently with Australian Reef Pilots (ARP), will bring high precision navigation, real-time monitoring, and centralised management of pilotage activities as part of the companyâs Pilotage Safety Management System (PSMS).