A unique identifier—also sometimes called a unique vessel identifier—is like a number plate for your vessel.

AMSA is proud to sponsor the Environmental Stewardship Award at the 2023 Tasmanian Seafood Awards.

Small uncrewed autonomous vessels operating in C, D, or E waters.

An oil spill conference hosted by the Australian Institute of Petroleum and the Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre, 11-14 September in Brisbane.

We are seeking service providers to deliver Level 2 Emergency Towage Capability (ETC2) services as part of our national maritime emergency response network.

This five-year outlook of future action covers specific industry issues, international developments, priorities for standards, and legislative expiries.

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

Our register disclosing gifts and benefits

The 278th meeting of the Board was held virtually via MS Teams on Wednesday, 22 April 2026.

Arrangements between government and industry under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies to respond to shipping casualties.

The 276th meeting of the Board was held on Thursday, 20 November 2025, in Canberra, ACT.

Explore key trends and safety insights from reported incidents in our annual reports.

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How to comply with low sulphur fuel requirements.

In September 2017 the Western Australian Department of Transport ran Exercise Ningaloo Challenge, which was the largest and most complex maritime environmental emergency response exercise ever conducted in WA.

This is advice for ship owners and masters. We will undertake a focused inspection campaign (FIC) on cargo securing arrangements from 1 August to 31 October 2020. This is in response to recent events where containers have been lost into the sea off the Australian Coast.

AMSA conducted a focused inspection campaign (FIC) on domestic commercial vessel construction barges from 1 May to 30 June 2022.

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.