Advice to vessel owners and masters for the focused inspection campaign on passenger vessel safety requirements.

Designing, selecting, and testing anchoring systems.

We cannot process or issue any certificate or endorsement if your application is incomplete.

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

Make electrical safety a priority. Reduce the risk of electrical fire from batteries and electrical installations on your vessel.

The minimum certification and qualifications required by lecturers to deliver our approved courses for the issue of an AMSA STCW Certificate. These requirements are in accordance with the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping 1978, as amended (STCW).

Find out about vessel categories, calculating vessel size, and read the dictionary of definitions.

Covering the period 1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023

Look out for marine fauna and report any collisions.

Consultation Report – October 2022

The 2023 Shellfish Futures conference will be held in Smithton, Tasmania from 7-8 September.

A crew member’s arm was crushed between the vessel and a pylon while tending to mooring lines.

Controlling the risks that weather and water pose to a vessel.

AMSA’s invoicing process is changing. From 1 March 2022, all invoices for AMSA must be emailed as a PDF attachment to our new centralised email address (invoices@amsa.gov.au) for automated processing. This will ensure invoices are processed more quickly for payment.

The purpose of this marine notice is to draw attention to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) non-mandatory revised guidelines for the reduction of underwater radiated noise from shipping to address adverse impacts on marine life. 

AMSA surveyor’s will be using the checklist below when inspecting ships as part of our livestock ships focused inspection campaign.