In this edition we provide advice on how to send us large files, what to do if you receive a complaint about a survey, provide guidance on battery safety, and more.

The Maritine Agencies Forum (MAF) provides a forum for collaboration on maritime safety and other issues.

This consultation feedback report is based on submissions to us via an online form and Facebook.

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

In this edition we talk about recent surveyor audits.

Accredited government and private surveyors, and recognised organisations who are qualified to conduct surveys on domestic commercial vessels.

If you have an alternative way of meeting your safety requirements, you can make an equivalent means of compliance application.

Radiotelephones, signalling lights, EPIRBs, and satellite communications equipment.

Follow these steps if your RAV is no longer carrying out commercial operations outside the Australian Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) or it's being brought to Australia to operate as a DCV.

At AMSA, we believe in supporting you to be the best version of yourself.

Apply for acceptance on the oil spill control agents register.

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The National Law places obligations on maritime operators and other parties to ensure safety of persons and vessels and protection of the marine environment.

Operators of Regulated Australian Vessels (RAV) and Foreign Vessels, as well as the shippers of livestock, have obligations when loading and transporting livestock from Australia.

Marine order 504

Carry the type of lifejacket required for your vessel's highest service category. You can choose self-inflating, manual inflating or foam buoyancy lifejackets.

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.