Outcome 1
- Safety and Environmental Protection Standards
- Monitoring Compliance with Standards
- Response to Marine Pollution Incidents
- Systems to Aid Safe Navigation
Outcome 2
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Output 1.2: An infrastructure for monitoring compliance with safety and environment protection standards
Division: Maritime Operations
AMSA delivers this output by:
- Conducting inspections of ships, cargoes and related equipment to monitor compliance with standards for the condition of ships, compliance with operational, occupational health and safety and coastal pilotage requirements and the correct handling and loading of certain cargoes.
- Monitoring compliance by Australian flag ships and their operators with the International Safety Management (ISM) Code under the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention.
- Exercising rights under international conventions to inspect foreign flag ships visiting Australian ports through the port State control program to monitor their compliance with international standards.
- Participating in regional forums, principally the Tokyo and Indian Ocean Memoranda of Understanding on Port State Control, to promote consistency in port State control standards and exchange of ship inspection data with neighbouring countries.
- Providing occupational health and safety inspectorate services under the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993.
- Ensuring safety training and maritime qualifications of crew on ships operating under the Navigation Act 1912 meet the requirements of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW 95).
- Administering the licensing system for coastal pilots and safety regulation of coastal pilotage services under the Navigation Act 1912.