This marine notice highlights shipowners, operators, masters and crews obligation to ensure safe working arrangements are in place for any work involving a ship’s elevator.

The purpose of this marine notice is to inform cruise vessel masters and operators of AMSA’s policy on limiting sulphur emissions from cruise vessels[1] when at berth in the Port of Sydney Harbour.

This Marine Notice reminds shipowners, operators, masters, crews, recognised organisations, marine pilots and pilotage providers about their obligation to provide and ensure continued safe pilot transfer arrangements on ships.

Outlines the dangers of using weighted heaving lines when transferring mooring lines to tugs and shore linespersons

If you are a Traditional Inhabitant of the Torres Strait and use your TIB to catch seafood and sell it, your boat is being used as a domestic commercial vessel. This page explains what that means, when you can use the TIB-specific exemption, and the steps you must follow to operate safely and legally.

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.

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

Your vessel may be inspected to verify your compliance with cargo requirements. These requirements and regulations apply to safety-related aspects for marine carriage of cargo.

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

This feedback report summarises submissions on proposed changes to NSCV C1 – Wheelhouse visibility, escape, accommodation and personal safety.

This page contains a list of past changes to Marine Orders and International Maritime Organization (IMO) resolutions.

Advisory note for the offshore petroleum industry on environmental plans and oil pollution emergency plans.

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

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is working to reduce the loss and discharge of fishing gear into the sea.

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.