Our regulatory program is prepared annually and contains details of planned and completed changes to our regulatory instruments.

The campaign will apply to foreign flagged ships and Regulated Australian Vessels (RAVs) arriving at Australian ports.

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

The Australian Search and Rescue (SAR) Awards 2022-23 will be presented at an event in Hobart on 19 October.

This Marine Notice reminds vessel masters, owners and operators about the coastal pilotage requirements that apply within the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait, as prescribed in Marine Order 54 (Coastal pilotage) 2014 (MO54).

Contains three charts of uniform waypoints—Great Barrier Reef—Inner route north as well as alternative routes.

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

This safety lesson describes how experienced Queensland prawn trawl fisher, Tony Sterling, developed an inpull winch that pulls in both sides of the trawl gear at the same time. The winch has delivered major safety benefits because crew no longer need to go out onto the booms.

Compasses, nautical charts, chart systems, and publications.

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

Commonwealth entities and Commonwealth companies are required to publish details of the scope and value of remuneration for executive staff and other highly paid employees.

We have conducted these inspection campaigns in the past, focusing on specific deficiencies and outcomes.

We are a team of dedicated professionals – hear more about our experiences working at AMSA.

Standards for electrical installations, safety, testing and repair.

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

All vessel owners need to do a risk assessment to work out what medical and first aid equipment to carry. Class 1, 2 and 3 survey vessels have minimum medical and first aid equipment they are required to carry.

The PSL applies to vessels that have carried 10 tonnes or more of oil while operating in Australia, any time during a quarter. It helps fund the response to marine pollution incidents.

Follow these steps if you want to take a DCV overseas for dry docking, sale or delivery.