Publications
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.
AMSA Aboard
Shipping
- AUSREP booklet
- 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)
- Cargo Record Book Part 1
Note: available only in hard copy from AMSA major offices (excluding Canberra) (rrp $4.00 including GST) - Code of Safe Working Practice for Australian Seafarers
- Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers
- Dangerous, Hazardous and Harmful Cargoes Handbook
Note: available only in hard copy from AMSA major offices (rrp $25.00 including GST) - Garbage Record Book
Note: available only in hard copy from AMSA major offices (excluding Canberra) (rrp $4.00 including GST) - Great Barrier Reef: Review of Safety Initiatives
- Great Barrier Reef pilotage fatigue risk assessment
- Incident Reporting Service Charter [
PDF: 1.2Mb] - Maritime Skills Availability Study
- Medical examinations of seamen
- Navigation Safety in Australian Waters 2010 -2025 [
PDF: 2.1Mb] - Occupational Health and Safety Memorandum of Understanding between AMSA and State OHS Regulators
- OH&S Inspectorate Manual Tasks Information Brochure [ PDF: 284 Kb]
- Oil Record Book Part 1
Note: available only in hard copy from AMSA major offices (excluding Canberra) (rrp $4.00 including GST) - Oil Record Book Part 2
Note: available only in hard copy from AMSA major offices (excluding Canberra) (rrp $4.00 including GST) - Port State Control Reports
- Port State Control Annual Reports
- Reef VTS User Manual
- Seacare Compliance and Enforcement Policy [ PDF: 250kB]
- Ship Detention List Index
- Survey of the health, stress and fatigue of Australian Seafarers (FASTOH Report)
- Tide Tables - Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef
Note: available only in hard copy from AMSA major offices (excluding Canberra) (rrp $10.00 including GST
Corporate
- Annual Report
- Corporate Plan
- AMSA's Strategic Vision 2010 - 2025 [ PDF: 1.45Mb]
Marine Environment Protection
- Response to the Montara Wellhead Platform Incident [ PDF: 449Kb]
- Global Peace oil spill response - report of the incident analysis team [ PDF: 571Kb]
- Grounding - Response to the Pasha Bulker [ PDF: 368Kb]
- 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 [ PDF: 695Kb]
- Incident and Exercise Reports
- Stow
It Don't Throw It [ PDF: 427Kb]
- Waste Reception Facilities in Australian and New Zealand Ports
- Fixed Wing Aerial Disperant Capability [ PDF: 1.28Mb]
Search and Rescue
- Survival at Sea
- AUSREP
booklet
Ship reporting instructions to the Australian area - Australian Search and Rescue
- Aviation Search and Rescue
Shipping Registration
Discussion Papers
Fact Sheets
These fact sheets outline the key roles and responsibilities of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
- Distress Beacons - Frequently Asked Questions [ PDF: 156Kb]
- Dornier 328 Search and Rescue Aircraft [ PDF: 564Kb]
- Emergency Response Centre [ PDF: 385Kb]
- Emergency Towage Vessel ETV Pacific Responder [ PDF: 188Kb]
- VHF DSC Radio Communications - Frequently Asked Questions [ PDF: 120Kb]
- Automatic Identification System (AIS) Class A [ PDF: 1025Kb]
- Automatic Identification System (AIS) Class B [ PDF: 516Kb]
- Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS)
- Long Range Identification and Tracking [ PDF: 203Kb]
- Positions and horizontal datums on paper and electronic charts
- 'Approval' of New Oil Spill Response Products for use in Australia [ PDF: 124Kb]
- Australia's National Plan to Combat Pollution from Oil and other Noxious and Hazardous Substances
- Disposal of Dry Bulk Cargo Residues in Australian Waters
- How Australia responds to oil and chemical spills in the marine environment
- National Maritime Emergency Response Arrangement (NMERA) [ PDF: 668Kb]
- Oil Spills from Ships - Who Pays? [ PDF: 180Kb]
- Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas [ PDF: 171Kb]
- Ship
pollution regulations [ PDF: 188Kb]
- Continuous Synopsis Record [ PDF: 141Kb]
- Transferring Ownership of an Australian ship [ PDF: 132Kb]
- Tinny to Tanker [ PDF: 336Kb]
Publications Order Forms
- AMSA (printed publications) order form [ PDF: 124Kb]
- AMSA (printed publications) order form [
DOC: 140Kb]