Private Mooring Licence Information

An experienced and fully insured Mooring company like Alkira Marine Services is recommended by Maritime to install your Mooring Apparatus to ensure the safety of your vessel and other property on the water. We use new quality fittings only and ensure your Mooring Apparatus is capable of securely holding your vessel in the worst conditions. Alkira is fully insured and we only use qualified personnel.

Cost for the purchase, installation and servicing of the Mooring Apparatus is the responsibility of the Mooring licensee. Failure to maintain your Mooring Apparatus with an annual service, keeping it in good condition may result in Mooring failure and set the vessel adrift with expensive consequences. Penalties may apply by NSW Maritime.

On cancellation of your Mooring Licence, the licensee is responsible for removing the Apparatus from the seabed.

Mooring Installation Fees

The size of the Mooring Apparatus depends on the vessel type, weight and windage plus the location of the Mooring within Lake Macquarie. Contact us to confirm the most appropriate block size to suit your vessel.

750kg Moorings $600+gst

1500kg Moorings $950+gst

3000kg Double Blocks are $1800 + gst

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Typical Mooring Setup

Typical Mooring setup and how it would sit on the sea floor in calm conditions.

How to Apply for a Private Mooring Licence (Yellow Buoy)

When applying for a Private Mooring Licence with NSW Maritime the applicant must:

1. Provide a completed Application Form.

   Private Application (77 KB)

2. Provide Proof of Identity (POI).

   Proof of Identity (551 KB)

3. Pay prescribed fee set by NSW Maritime. The annual Mooring Licence fee is determined by the Mooring location and vessel length. In addition an establishment fee applies for an initial Private Mooring Licence.
4. Contact Alkira Marine Services to book your mooring installation.

A Mooring Licence must be renewed annually with NSW Maritime and cannot be sublet or traded with another vessel. A Mooring Licence is not a lease of the seabed and there is no guarantee of tenure. The general position of the site is determined and may be varied at the discretion of NSW Maritime.

Private Moorings are Issued to

» To individuals only. They are not issued to a partnership, company, organisation or association and a person may not have more than two private Moorings in the one designated Mooring area.

Mooring Licences are Allocated When

• The vessel licensed to the Mooring is 5.2 metres or more in length
• The vessel is currently registered in NSW in the name of the applicant; and the applicant is the sole owner or, at least equal or majority shareholder of the vessel
• The vessel will be subject to a visual assessment to ensure that it is suitable for the particular Mooring area.

Priority Lists

If no vacancy exists for your preferred Mooring area you can, on application and payment of the prescribed fees have your name added to a Priority Waiting Lists. These lists have been developed to ensure fair and equitable access for all users. You will be notified in writing when a site becomes available and have 14 days to accept the offer.

Other Private Mooring Forms and Maritime Links

NSW Maritime Private Moorings

Adjustment to Records (85 KB)

Application for Relocation of Private Mooring Apparatus (119 KB)

Application for Transfer of Private Mooring Licence (79 KB)

Application to Change Vessel Moored (56 KB)

Statutory Declaration of Vessel Ownership (41 KB)

Mooring Locations in Lake Macquarie

There are specified Mooring Locations within Lake Macquarie North and South and a NSW Maritime Mooring Management Plan that dictates all Mooring licencing -

Lake Macquarie Mooring Management Plan (1152 KB)

Mooring Locations - Lake Macquarie North (233 KB)

Mooring Locations - Lake Macquarie South (225 KB)

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