Read about the results of the consultation on new reporting rules for lost and observed freight containers at sea, mainly affecting Marine Order 27 (MO27)

Guidance on using an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) to meet the fuel sulphur limit of 0.50% m/m, as required under MARPOL Annex VI and Australian law.

Our organisation has observed that a number of Administrations are issuing dispensations to ships where a defect has occurred to a critical piece of equipment. There are differing circumstances where we will and will not accept the dispensation.

Find out if the vessel you own or operate under a boat-share agreement is a domestic commercial vessel.

Safeguard your vessel and operation with an active maintenance plan.

Residual current devices minimise the risk of a person receiving an electric shock or being electrocuted when using plug-in electrical equipment on board vessels.

AMSA is pleased to be a sponsor of the 2023 annual conference of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ), 4-6 October.

A deficiency notice uses codes to show non-compliance found during a Port State control (PSC) inspection.

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.

AMSA approved training organisations delivering Continued competence (Certificate of Safety Training) (COST).

In this edition we talk about recent surveyor audits.

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.

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

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.

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

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.

We contribute to safety in the region by working with our geographic neighbours.