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

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

Specifies the minimum standards for design and construction and safety equipment.

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

These fees are for certificates of competency, certificates of operation, certificates of survey, the surveyor accreditation scheme, and National Law exemptions.

Enhanced fishing gear requirements are being developed in talks at the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

This feedback report summarises submissions we received on the proposed changes to Marine Order 27.

Standards for maintaining buoyancy after flooding, grounding, or collision.

Hours of Work and Rest – 01 May 2022 to 17 June 2022AMSA conducted an Hours of Work and Rest Focused Inspection Campaign (FIC) over the period 01 May 2022 to 17 June 2022.  

Read a summary of results from the 2024 consultation on Marine Order 91 and download a copy of the full report.

The short-term measure under the MARPOL Convention requires ships engaged on international voyages to make improvements to deliver a reduction in their carbon intensity by an average of at least 40% by 2030 (compared to 2008 levels), in line with the target set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

Read a summary of results from the mid-2024 consultation on Marine Order 11 and download a copy of the full report.

Generic equivalent solutions (GES) support national standards by allowing the use of new technology and other solutions.

Tests for establishing and verifying vessel stability.

As a regulatory body, we are required to publish a range of information about our functions and how we carry them out. We do this under the information publication scheme.

Our regulatory plan is produced annually and contains planned changes to our regulatory instruments.

In 2023, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a revised strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships.

Compasses, nautical charts, chart systems, and publications.