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.

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

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

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.

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

Our search and rescue incidents from 2018–19.

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

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

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

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.

Learn the differences between general and direct supervision

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

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

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.

This marine notice advises ship operators and owners of the hazards of transporting battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs).

The following statistics relate to the complaints received by AMSA since we issued Marine notice 04/2020 (expired 30 September 2020) and Marine notice 10/2020 (expired 28 February 2021).

Under Marine Order 503 a transitional vessel is an existing vessel that has: 

We work with government and industry to respond to pollution incidents under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies.