Advice about the maximum continuous period that a seafarer can serve on board a vessel without taking leave.

AMSA and the Bureau of Meteorology provide vessels with maritime safety information (MSI) about hazards and foreseeable dangers to safe navigation through Australia's marine environment.

The National Maritime Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulators Forum is a collaborative platform for discussing maritime workplace health and safety. Its main aim is to improve safety for domestic commercial vessels.

The 276th meeting of the Board was held on Thursday, 20 November 2025, in Canberra, ACT.

As the national standard is updated, generic equivalent standards (GES) are being superseded.

This Marine Notice reminds shipowners, operators, masters, crews, recognised organisations, marine pilots and pilotage providers about their obligation to provide and ensure continued safe pilot transfer arrangements on ships.

Find local suppliers of fuel oil in Victoria.

On this page you can find copies of previous editions and amendments to the NSCV.

Find out if you can get an equivalent certificate for your New Zealand engineering certificate of competency.

Carry the right safety equipment, including lifejackets, life rafts, and first aid kits.

This procedure outlines the process for Registered training organisations to offer recognition of prior learning to students of AMSA approved courses.

The type of EPIRB you need depends on vessel class, length, flotation and operating area.

At approximately 5.30 am WA time on Friday 21 August 2009 the Montara Wellhead mobile drilling unit, located 140 miles offshore from the north-west Australian coast, had an uncontrolled release of hydrocarbons from one of the platform wells. Consequently oil escaped to the surface and gaseous hydrocarbons escaped into the atmosphere.

In this edition we talk about Lightship declarations and the law, new surveyor accreditation guidance manual part 2 now available and electrical issues able to be identified by non-electrical periodic surveyors.

IMO performance standards require back-up arrangements to be in place in case of ECDIS failure.

We are the Australian Government agency responsible for implementing the 1 January 2020 low sulphur fuel regulation as set out in the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).

Our role in working with the offshore industry.

All vessel owners need to do a risk assessment to work out what medical and first aid equipment to carry. Class 1, 2 and 3 survey vessels have minimum medical and first aid equipment they are required to carry.