This marine notice highlights shipowners, operators, masters and crews obligation to ensure safe working arrangements are in place for any work involving a ship’s elevator.

Prevention from marine pollution is imperative to protect Australia’s unique marine environments and the livelihoods of thousands of Australians.

If you have a boat, you may be considering hiring it out for overnight accommodation via an online platform—for example, Airbnb, Beds on Board or Flotespace—whether at a marina berth, or at a mooring.

Ships registered on the Australian general shipping register have Australian nationality.

You can use some STCW certificates in place of equivalent near coastal certificates to work on a domestic commercial vessel.

If you have an offer of employment on a ship registered on the Australian International Shipping Register (AISR), you may need a certificate of equivalence (CoE). A CoE allows you to work on an AISR-registered ship using your overseas STCW certificate, without an AMSA-issued certificate of competency or certificate of recognition.

This course is designed for marine pollution responders who may be part of an aircrew to investigate and report on an oil spill.

We will conduct a focused inspection campaign on lifejacket risk assessment requirements on DCVs.

How to calculate your sea service in trailer hopper suction dredgers operating in ports, inshore and in limited near coastal areas.

A summary of the effects of oil and dispersed oil on temperate sea grasses.

Since December 2016, we have conducted 185 compliance checks on 88 cruise ships with 100 per cent compliance observed.

About the feedback we received on the National System for Domestic Commercial Vessel Safety transition.

We are proposing practical changes to the safety equipment you need to carry on certain fishing vessels operating in parts of Queensland, the Northern Territory and northern New South Wales.

We have an intergovernmental agreement on the National Maritime Emergency Response Arrangement.