The purpose of this marine notice is to draw attention to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Recommendations for the carriage of plastic pellets by sea in freight containers, which were released on 19 April 2024.

This program of regulatory activities was completed during the 2017–2018 financial year.

Apply for acceptance on the oil spill control agents register.

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

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

An online learning program providing an awareness of how AMSA combats pollution in the marine environment.

There are different types of automatic identification systems (AIS) used in Australia.

These are the deficiencies for MARPOL that our inspectors have found.

On 14 July 1975 the Marine Operations Centre in Canberra was alerted that the oil tanker Princess Anne Marie had sustained a large crack in its hull approximately 300 miles off Western Australian.

How we process your Certificate of recognition application after it has been submitted.

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

Understand the state of the Australian maritime workforce. Find out how many domestic and international seafarers are certificated by AMSA to work in Australia.

Instructions for registered training organisations (RTOs).

This marine notice advises vessel owners, vessel operators, masters, officers, seafarer training organisations and industry organisations that AMSA does not consider electronic visual distress signals (EVDs) to be a suitable replacement for pyrotechnic distress signals.