News and media releases

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Search continues overnight for missing aircraft in south east Queensland

Published 01/10/2012

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) is coordinating a search for a missing aircraft in south east Queensland.

Public consultation on draft regulations & marine orders under the National Law

Published 20/09/2012

Draft regulations and Marine Orders under the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012 (National Law) are now available for public comment

Joint media release: Marine environment training workshop held for Pacific Island nations

Published 24/08/2012

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) jointly hosted a workshop in Townsville, Australia from 21 to 23 August 2012 with the aim of increasing protection of marine environments in the Pacific region.

Natship12 continues in Melbourne

Published 08/08/2012

National Shipping Industry Conference begins today

Published 06/08/2012

Australia’s seventh National Shipping Industry Conference, Natship12, will be held this week in Melbourne, with attendance by 200 industry leaders, policy makers, mariners and international experts.

Search ends for man overboard

Published 09/07/2012

AMSA’s Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) has been conducting a search for a crew member lost overboard from a bulk carrier off northern New South Wales.

Search and rescue effort continues

Published 22/06/2012

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority will continue the search and rescue effort on Friday afternoon and into the evening, following the recovery of 110 survivors from a capsized vessel 120 nautical miles south of Java, Indonesia.

Search and rescue effort continues

Published 21/06/2012

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority will continue the search and rescue effort throughout the night, following the recovery of 110 survivors from a capsized vessel 120 nautical miles south of Java, Indonesia.

AMSA locates missing aircraft

Published 30/05/2012

AMSA’s Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) has been conducting a search for a light aircraft overdue on a flight in the Wentworth / Mildura area.

AMSA seeks public assistance in search for missing aircraft

Published 30/05/2012

AMSA’s Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) is coordinating a search for an overdue light aircraft in the Wentworth, NSW—Mildura, VIC area.

AMSA assisting bulk carrier in Coral Sea

Published 19/05/2012

Industry eagerly awaiting domestic maritime reforms

Published 17/05/2012

Australia’s domestic commercial vessel industry is eagerly awaiting maritime reforms to be introduced in January 2013 following the completion of nation-wide community consultation on the proposed National System for Commercial Vessel Safety.

Ship prosecuted for dumping food waste in marine park

Published 10/05/2012

In the Townsville Magistrates Court on 30 April 2012 the Master and owners of the Antigua & Barbuda registered bulk carrier Pantanal each pleaded guilty to illegally dumping food waste in a prohibited discharge area of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Australian government steps in to remove Christmas Island shipwreck

Published 16/04/2012

The Australian Government has stepped in to remove the wreck of the MV Tycoon from the Port of Christmas Island.

100 years after the Titanic

Published 11/04/2012

On the night of 14 April 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and sank early the next morning.

Strengthening search and rescue partnerships

Published 29/03/2012

Search and rescue officers from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) will be in Burnie on Thursday (today) to discuss operational aspects of Australia’s search and rescue system, present hypothetical situations and undertake tabletop exercises with Tasmania police officers.

Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin and Chief Executive Officer, Graham Peachey

Air Marshal Mark Binskin, the Vice Chief of the Defence Force, visits AMSA

Published 02/07/2013

The Vice Chief of the Defence Force (VCDF), Air Marshal Mark Binskin visited the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) on 18 June and met with Chief Executive Officer, Graham Peachey for introductions and high level talks.

AMSA to host Asia-Pacific maritime safety forum

Published 17/06/2013

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) will be hosting the 14th session of the Asia-Pacific Heads of Maritime Safety Agencies (APHoMSA) forum in Cairns from 1–4 July 2013.

Introducing our new website

Published 16/06/2013

We have released a fully redesigned and restructured website to allow you, our community, improved access to the information you need.

Australia's maritime laws are changing

Published 31/05/2013

The National System for Domestic Commercial Vessel Safety will be introduced in Australia in 2013 under the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012 (the National Law).

Your chance to help improve the efficiency of maritime safety regulation

Published 30/05/2013

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is seeking public input to identify any unnecessary, disproportionate or obsolete administrative burdens that may result from compliance with IMO instruments.

MO Secretary-General, Koji Sekimizu cuts the ribbon to officially inaugurate the new interactive display.

Australia contributes to new IMO display

Published 22/05/2013

On Thursday 16 May, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) launched a new interactive and online display on Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSA) at their Headquarters in London.

Alan Lloyd, Manager SAR Operations, provides an overview of AMSA’s search and rescue operation

AMSA continues to strengthen its relationship with Indonesia

Published 16/05/2013

Recently, our Emergency Response Division hosted a delegation from Badan SAR Nasional (BASARNAS), the Indonesian national search and rescue agency.

(L-R): Nicole Cosgrove, Principal Policy Officer, Navigation Safety and International Division; Megan Profke, Australia’s representative to the IMO regional seminar; Mark Eldon-Roberts, Manager – Ship Operations and Qualifications, Ship Safety Division (S

Meet Australia’s representative to the IMO regional seminar on women seafarers

Published 15/04/2013

Australia will join with other Asia-Pacific nations in South Korea this week to discuss the development of a global strategy for women seafarers.

Spillcon 2013

Published 15/04/2013

The Asia-Pacific oil spill preparedness and response conference, Spillcon 2013, was held last week in Cairns, Australia.

E-navigation Usability Workshop participants

AMSA hosts international e-navigation workshop

Published 17/03/2013

Our Navigation Safety and International Division hosted an E-navigation Usability Workshop on 5-6 March at Kingscliff, New South Wales.

Cospas-Sarsat Experts’ Working Group participants, Cairns

AMSA hosts international experts in Cairns

Published 05/03/2013

From 25 February to 1 March we hosted the Cospas-Sarsat Experts’ Working Group on Second-Generation Beacons in Cairns.

(L-R): Amanda MacKinnell, Acting Manager Planning & Business Support, AMSA; John Ophel, Advisor (Cospas-Sarsat), AMSA; Graham Peachey, Chief Executive Officer, AMSA; Steven Lett, Head of the Cospas-Sarsat Secretariat; and John Young, General Manager Emerg

Head of Cospas-Sarsat Secretariat visits AMSA

Published 04/03/2013

Steven Lett, Head of the Cospas-Sarsat Secretariat, visited our head office in Canberra on Friday 22 February to meet Chief Executive Officer Graham Peachey and Emergency Response staff.

Rescued sailor Alain DeLord (front row, second from right) meets with AMSA search and rescue officers and Defence personnel who assisted in his rescue. Also present was David Steck, Deputy Consul, Embassy of France (front row, far right)

Solo sailor meets AMSA officers who coordinated his rescue

Published 24/01/2013

A solo sailor who spent three days in his life raft in the Southern Ocean visited AMSA’s Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) on Wednesday to meet the duty crews who coordinated the rescue operation.

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