This safety alert aims to raise awareness of the risks involved with the carriage of battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) on roll-on, roll-off (RORO) ferries.

Marine order 504

Standards for class 1 fast craft operating in sheltered waters or under 35m in equivalent length.

Overview of the international and domestic legislation and standards that apply in Australia.

An unexpected wind-shift during parasailing operations caused 2 airborne passengers to contact the water at speed. They were recovered by the vessel and returned to shore. Both passengers later informed the operator that they had sustained injuries during the event. The owner then failed to report this as a marine incident to us.

Our regulatory program is prepared annually and contains details of planned and completed changes to our regulatory instruments

The 2019-20 Australian Vessel Traffic Services Award was awarded to Warren Bath, VTS Operator at Hay Point, Queensland, for his coordination of an incident involving a bulk carrier.

Mark Sherriff is a former AMSA lighthouse keeper and recipient of a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to community history.

Find out if you can get an equivalent certificate for your New Zealand engineering certificate of competency.

Australia provides environmentally responsible port waste reception facilities for you to dispose your vessel-generated waste.

Our regulatory program is prepared annually and contains details of planned and completed changes to our regulatory instruments.

Standards for electrical installations, safety, testing and repair.

From 1 July 2018, new survey requirements for domestic commercial vessels apply. This includes changes to marine order 503 to apply the new periodic survey requirements to all vessels required to be in survey—existing, transitional and new vessels.

Find out about the special arrangements for vessels which meet the definition of ‘tender’ under the national law.

Constructing the hull, decks, superstructures, deckhouses and bulkheads.

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