The information you provide in your incident report plays an important part in guiding the way we improve maritime safety for everybody on the water. By reporting marine incidents to us, you are also meeting your reporting obligations under Australian laws.

The provision of adequate port waste reception facilities for ship-generated waste is vital to preventing marine pollution.

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.

This marine notice advises vessel owners, vessel operators, masters, officers, seafarer training organisations and industry organisations that AMSA does not consider electronic visual distress signals (EVDs) to be a suitable replacement for pyrotechnic distress signals.

There are mandatory minimum requirements for your certificates under the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978 (STCW).

You were invited to review and provide feedback on AMSA’s consultative 2021-22 Budget Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS).

Our Board is appointed by the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.

This applies to approved Registered training organisations (RTOs) delivering International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping training leading to a certificate of competency.

We’ve prepared materials to help you understand your requirements and what you need to do.

Your vessel may be inspected to verify your compliance with cargo requirements. These requirements and regulations apply to safety-related aspects for marine carriage of cargo.

We are responsible for handling health and safety issues for personnel on prescribed ships that are engaged in trade or commerce on international and domestic voyages.

Feedback from stakeholders about proposed changes to the Marine Surveyors Accreditation Guidance Manual– Part 2 - Survey of vessels – Edition 3 (SAGM 2).

We are seeking your feedback on proposed changes to Marine Order 47 (Offshore Industry Units).

A timeline of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA’s) involvement in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Find out how New Zealand STCW seafarer certificates compare to Australian STCW seafarer certificates.

In this edition we give guidance on managing some of the changes mentioned in Schedule 1 of MO503, explain electrical plan approval requirements, and more.