Highlights the importance of maintaining rescue boats in good working order ready for immediate use

Find local suppliers of fuel oil in New South Wales.

Alerts the maritime industry to findings of two recent accident investigations conducted by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and the New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission.

This marine notice highlights the need for shipowners, operators, masters and crews to ensure safe working arrangements are in place for any work involving height and the risk of falling.

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

We make a range of information available for public access. You can also formally request access to documents we hold under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

Get the latest insights from vessel inspections including detentions, common safety risks and compliance performance. 

You need full ownership history to register a vessel. If you don’t have this information, you must submit a notice of intention to register a vessel to AMSA.

Our Board is appointed by the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.

Recent public consultations which are now closed.

Find local suppliers of fuel oil in Queensland.

Under Marine Order 503 a transitional vessel is an existing vessel that has: 

Carry the type of lifejacket required for your vessel's highest service category. You can choose self-inflating, manual inflating or foam buoyancy lifejackets.

We work with government and industry to respond to pollution incidents under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies.

Our privacy policy tells you how we protect and handle your personal information.

Purpose To ensure that navigation corridors are used appropriately when planning on ECDIS, and to ensure that a voyage plan approved by the ship’s Master is executed within the planne

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.