If you own a vessel in Australia and use it for any commercial, government or research activity, you will need to meet these requirements.

You must revalidate your CoST every 5 years to keep it current. Find out when to apply, what you need and how to revalidate your CoST.

If you’re a seafarer or marine surveyor and want to apply for a skilled visa to live and work in Australia, you may need a migration skills assessment. Find out what you need to do and how to apply.

Australia’s policy is that those who pollute our marine environment should be responsible for cleaning up and repairing the damage they have caused. If AMSA has to do this because they do not, then they should pay AMSA.

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.

The National Plan uses a risk based approach to reduce the impact of maritime environment emergencies.

In this edition we talk about audits and application assessments, compass adjustment requirements, uncrewed barges and more.

We have a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority. The MOU supports safety and environmental management for the offshore energy sector.

NOPSEMA has been working with state authorities to improve and streamline consultation practices within the offshore petroleum industry, and provide advice on regulatory requirements for offshore petroleum activities.

We manage a network of about 480 marine aids to navigation (AtoN) located at about 360 sites around Australia’s coastline.

Prevention from marine pollution is imperative to protect Australia’s unique marine environments and the livelihoods of thousands of Australians.

Australian legislative requirements preventing pollution from discharge of garbage.

All domestic commercial vessels are required to have a national law certificate of survey—unless an exemption applies.

Find out the requirements you need to fulfill to obtain an international endorsement.

Our 2025-26 regulatory program identifies the priority regulatory reform projects that will be progressed this financial year.