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Ship detention list March 2017

Port State control (PSC) is an internationally agreed program for the inspection of foreign ships in other national ports. With our extensive program of inspection and survey, PSC...

Last updated 03/12/2018
Ship detention list September 2016

Port State control (PSC) is an internationally agreed program for the inspection of foreign ships in other national ports. With our extensive program of inspection and survey, PSC is a...

Last updated 03/12/2018
Ship detention list February 2016

Port State control (PSC) is an internationally agreed program for the inspection of foreign ships in other national ports. With our extensive program of inspection and survey, PSC is a...

Last updated 13/12/2018
Ship detention list September 2015

Port State control (PSC) is an internationally agreed program for the inspection of foreign ships in other national ports. With our extensive program of inspection and survey, PSC is a...

Last updated 03/12/2018
Ship detention list August 2015

Port State control (PSC) is an internationally agreed program for the inspection of foreign ships in other national ports. With our extensive program of inspection and survey, PSC is a...

Last updated 03/12/2018
Ship detention list March 2015

Port State control (PSC) is an internationally agreed program for the inspection of foreign ships in other national ports. With our extensive program of inspection and survey, PSC is a...

Last updated 03/12/2018
Ship detention list August 2014

Port State control is an internationally agreed program for the inspection of foreign ships in other national ports. With our extensive program of inspection and survey, PSC continues to be...

Last updated 03/12/2018
Ship detention list April 2014

Port State control (PSC) is an internationally agreed program for the inspection of foreign ships in other national ports. With our extensive program of inspection and survey, PSC...

Last updated 03/12/2018
Uniform shipping laws code

The USL code was first published in 1979 in response to the need for a common national safety standard for commercial vessels. The National Standard for Commercial Vessels has...

Last updated 05/04/2019
What is port State control?

If your ship is in working order, compliant with all legislation and safe, you will be complying with PSC requirements. If your ship is not, you may not pass a PSC inspection, may be...

Last updated 30/04/2018
Search and rescue boost as new capability comes online

MEDIA RELEASEWarren Truss Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Australia's search and rescue capabilities are being bolstered by a $640...

Last updated 16/01/2018
AMSA provides charts for Tagai State College navigation course

The photo shows a class undertaking navigation studies as part of the year 11 and 12 Vocational Education and Training (VET) curriculum at the college. Mr Tim Hillier, the course...

Last updated 19/03/2019
Australia and the Republic of Korea sign a Memorandum of Understanding

The MoU acknowledges the importance of safety, security and environmental protection in the international shipping industry, and is intended to formalise and acknowledge the mutual benefits...

Last updated 13/10/2017
AMSA celebrates International Civil Aviation Day

The participants concluded and signed the Convention on International Civil Aviation, also more popularly known as the ‘Chicago Convention’, the defining international agreement which has...

Last updated 15/03/2019
Three distress beacons in four hours, thirteen people rescued

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority responded to three separate emergency beacon activations yesterday, resulting in the rescue of 13 people.Just after 3 pm AEST, AMSA detected an...

Last updated 15/03/2019
Day of the Seafarer

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Day of the Seafarer was celebrated on 25 June, the event’s fourth year.Around the globe there are about 1.5 million seafarers responsible for...

Last updated 14/03/2019
APHoMSA 2014—continuing to strengthen regional cooperation

APHoMSA brings together senior maritime officials from across the Asia-Pacific region to discuss issues of mutual interest.Australia has a central role in APHoMSA as the Secretariat.Sixteen...

Last updated 14/03/2019
AMSA hosts regional pollution response planning workshop

PACPLAN provides a framework for cooperative regional responses to maritime pollution incidents in the Pacific region. Under this agreement, Australia is nominated as the primary point of...

Last updated 19/03/2019
AMSA meets Australia’s new Permanent Representative to the IMO

AMSA Deputy Chief Executive Officer Mick Kinley, General Manager of Navigation Safety and International Division Brad Groves, and Manager Search and Rescue Resources Julian Mitchell,...

Last updated 14/03/2019
AMSA strengthens its search and rescue cooperation with our neighbouring regions

The first arrangement, the Maritime Search and Rescue Technical Arrangement for Cooperation among Pacific Island Countries and Territories, was the result of a cooperative process...

Last updated 14/03/2019