Guidelines for a safety management system
Safety management systems (SMS) ensure commercial vessels are maintained and operated safely.
Publications
Survey Matters—October 2020
In this edition
Vessel traffic services newsletter issue 20—September 2020
VTS award
Warren Bath (Vessel Traffic Services Operator, Hay Point) is the recipient of the inaugural Australian VTS Award.
Maritime Safety Awareness bulletin issue 12—Managing mental health at sea
In this issue we provide information and guidance to assist ship operators and seafarers:
Risk management in the national system
AMSA 651
The Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012 (the national law) provides a single national framework for ensuring the safe operation, design, construction and equip
Guide to registering your ship on the Australian general shipping register
Registered ships receive legally recognisable Australian nationality, which provides advantages both at home and abroad:
Domestic commercial vessel annual incident report, January–December 2019
Open a newspaper or turn on the local news and chances are you’ll find a story about a vessel incident.
Survey Matters—August 2020
In this edition
AMSA Board Audit, Risk and Finance Committee charter
The Board has established an Audit, Risk and Finance Committee (the Committee) in compliance with section 45 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) and Public
Torres Strait Zone—Schedule 1—Exemptions
This document is referred to as Schedule 1 in:
Work health and safety on domestic commercial vessels
Compliance with the National Law (for example having your commercial vessel in survey with AMSA), does not automatically mean that the operation of a DCV is compliant with WHS* laws, and vice versa
Eddystone Point Lighthouse Heritage Management Plan
We are the Commonwealth agency responsible for coastal Aids to Navigaton (AtoNs).
A guide to the implementation of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 in Australia
This guide provides information about how to implement the survey and certification of a vessel under the MLC, 2006.
Survey Matters—May 2020
Since the last edition
We have added past editions of Survey Matters to the AMSA website. They can be found on the AMSA Newsletters page here.