Guidance for calculating your sea service equivalence if you are a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Rating (specialist seaman department), Maritime Warfare Officer (Maritime Warfare department) or RAN Leading Seaman, Petty Officer, Chief Petty Officer or Warrant Officer (Marine Engineering or Electrical Technical department).

This marine notice aims to raise awareness of the risks involved with getting on and off vessels.

You have a responsibility not to pollute the sea, and to be aware of the laws about oil and garbage pollution from vessels, including fishing vessels.

A master or owner of a vessel may apply for an exemption from the requirement to navigate a vessel with a licensed pilot in a compulsory pilotage area

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.

AMSA shut down its DGPS service on 1 July 2020.

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.

Be prepared before your trip. Stay safe at sea.

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

How to get a National Law certificate if you have a perpetual certificate, or if your certificate expired more than 5 years ago.

Dr Rosalie Balkin was appointed to the AMSA Board on 21 November 2018 for a three year term.

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.

1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024 - xlsx

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

Reminding those who own, operate or are on board Australian ships, about offences under Australian sanction laws. The information has been prepared by the Australian Sanctions Office.

In this edition we talk about marine surveyor accreditation renewals, a marine safety incident and a safety recall notice.

1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024 - xlsx

All domestic commercial vessels under the national law are required to meet design, construction, stability and equipment standards.