We have approved these courses if you want to qualify for a certificate under international training conventions.

Contains three charts of uniform waypoints—Great Barrier Reef—Great North East Channel, eastbound and westbound.

Read previous AMSA update editions from 2024

Read a transcript of the webinar 'Fatigue risk management' held 19 February 2025.

PurposeThis Marine Notice provides guidance about risks associated with the operation of engine power limiters (EPL) and similar power restriction systems onboard ships transiting Australi

We use marine orders to explain and implement the legislative requirements for the maritime industry. Find out about the conventions and standards that marine orders explain.

Our search and rescue incidents from 2018–19.

Learn how non-shipborne AIS units are managed and find out what’s required to apply to operate a base station or AtoN in Australia.

Our scholarship program supports the development of skills in the maritime industry and builds our brand as an employer of choice.

DCV Safety Alert: 1/2021 aims to raise awareness of recommendations made by the United States, National Transportation Safety Board, following the investigation into the fire and subsequent loss of the passenger vessel Conception.

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

Being a seafarer can be demanding at the best of times.

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

Exercise Barossa was a biannual oil spill response exercise conducted in Adelaide under our National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and Other Noxious and Hazardous Substances.

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) is the main international convention for addressing ship sourced pollution.

The FOI disclosure list describes the documents disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act, and the date of disclosure.

Learn the differences between general and direct supervision

Read a transcript of the webinar 'Changes to safety management systems requirements' held 19 March 2025.

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.