AMSA surveyor’s will be using the checklist below when inspecting ships as part of our livestock ships focused inspection campaign.

(1)  The criteria for the issue of a check pilot licence to a person are that the person: 

Find out what the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) covers and how it's implemented in Australia.

A fire occurred on a passenger vessel in a busy harbour. The master and crew took immediate action and followed emergency procedures to disembark and transfer 73 passengers safely to another ferry. The vessel’s structural and fixed firefighting systems worked effectively to contain and extinguish the fire.

In this edition, learn more about careers at AMSA and maintenance plan essentials.

Book a block of oral exams to be held on-site as a registered training organisation (RTO).

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

In this edition we talk about audits and application assessments.

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

The purpose of this notice is to remind vessel owners, operators and masters of:

All domestic commercial vessels must have a certificate of survey unless exempt.

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

Learn the differences between general and direct supervision

Standards for maintaining stability during day-to-day operations while the hull is intact.

Instructions for accredited surveyors to conduct surveys and inspections of domestic commercial vessels.

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

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has developed tools to support the implementation of the low sulphur fuel limit.