The listing below provides links to AMSA's publications which are available on-line. At the end of this page there is also a publications order form which outlines other publications available from AMSA.
If you have trouble accessing any of these publications, please contact the Public Relations section.
The majority of these publications are in PDF format and you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader to access.
AMSAaboard
Shipping
- Assessment of ship safety controls in the Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef
- AUSREP booklet
- Australian Code of Safe Practice for Ship-Helicopter Transfers
- Australian Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Handbook
Note: available only in hard copy from AMSA major offices (excluding Canberra) (rrp $10.00 including GST) - Australian Offshore Support Vessel Code of Safe Working Practice (OSV Code)
- Automatic Identification System (AIS)
- Code of Safe Working Practice for Australian Seafarers
- Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers
- Global Peace oil spill response - report of the incident analysis team
- Great Barrier Reef: Review of Safety Initiatives
- Great Barrier Reef pilotage fatigue risk assessment
- Investigation into high livestock mortality: MV Becrux
- Investigation into excessive livestock mortality: MV Kalymnian Express, Voyage 07/99 6th December 1999 to 17th December 1999
- Investigation into Livestock Carrier MV Temburong
- Maritime Skills Availability Study
- Medical examinations of seamen
- Port State Control Reports
- Port State Control Annual Reports
- Reef Guide
- Reef VTS User Manual
- Review of Grain Survey Procedures, April 2001
- Ship Detention List Index
- Survey of the health, stress and fatigue of Australian Seafarers (FASTOH Report)
Corporate
Marine Environment Protection
- MARPOL - Current Texts
- Report by Det Norske Veritas: Risk Assessment of Emergency Towing and Salvage
- National Marine Chemical Spill Contingency Plan
- National Marine Oil Spill Contingency Plan
- The National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and other Noxious and Hazardous Substances
- National Plan Annual Reports
- Protection of the Sea - Conventions and Legislations in Australia
- Incident and Exercise Reports
- Stow It Don't Throw It
- Waste Reception Facilities in Australian and New Zealand Ports
Search and Rescue
- Survival at Sea
- AUSREP
booklet
Ship reporting instructions to the Australian area - The Hero: the lifejacket...the real unsung hero
- Go Boating Safely
- Search and Rescue in Australia
Shipping Registration
Discussion Papers
Fact Sheets
These fact sheets outline the key roles and responsibilities of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
- Emergency Response Division Centre Opening [
PDF: 385Kb] - Emergency Towage Vessel ETV Pacific Responder [ PDF: 188Kb]
- Dornier 328 Search and Rescue Aircraft [ PDF: 564Kb]
- Shipborne Automatic Identification System (AIS)
- Positions and horizontal datums on paper and electronic charts
- Ship
pollution regulations [ PDF: 188Kb]
-
Oil Spills from Ships - Who Pays? [ PDF: 180Kb]
- Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas [ PDF: 171Kb]
- Australia's National Plan to Combat Pollution from Oil and other Noxious and Hazardous Substances
- How Australia responds to oil and chemical spills in the marine environment
- Disposal of Dry Bulk Cargo Residues in Australian Waters
- Australian
Search and Rescue (AusSAR) [ PDF: 120Kb]
- Distress Beacons - Frequently Asked Questions [ PDF: 156Kb]
- VHF DSC Radio Communications - Frequently Asked Questions [ PDF: 120Kb]
- Port
State Control in Australia [ PDF: 133Kb]
- Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS)
- Continuous Synopsis Record [ PDF: 141Kb]
- Transferring Ownership of an Australian ship [ PDF: 132Kb]
- Long Range Identification
and Tracking [ PDF: 203Kb]
Publications Order Forms
- AMSA (printed publications) order form [ PDF: 124Kb]
- AMSA (printed publications) order form [
DOC: 140Kb]
last updated: 19 June 2008