Operators and crew of these types of operations face unique safety challenges and risk.

Be prepared before your trip. Stay safe in the air.

We are responsible for providing navigational systems and services to facilitate the safe and efficient navigation of ships within Australian waters.

Insights from 2025 vessel inspections including detentions, common safety risks and compliance performance

Learn how to manage your garbage on a domestic commercial vessel (DCV).

Our search and rescue incidents from 2013–14.

A deficiency notice uses codes to show non-compliance found during a Port State control (PSC) inspection.

Watch the video of Mark Jacobs who has hung up his snorkel and fins to help save lives across 10 per cent of the Earth’s surface.

Read a summary of results from the consultation on Exemption 24 - Marine Safety (Emergency service vessels) and download a copy of the full report.

Find out how to provide a photo that meets our requirements for your certificate application.

Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL Annex VI) allows ships to use exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) to comply with the 0.50 per cent m/m sulphur fuel oil limit that commenced on 1 January 2020

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

Read a transcript of the webinar 'Fatigue management on domestic commercial vessels' held on 8 May 2026.

In this edition we talk about Lightship declarations and the law, new surveyor accreditation guidance manual part 2 now available and electrical issues able to be identified by non-electrical periodic surveyors.

The following statistics relate to the complaints received by AMSA since we issued Marine notice 04/2020 (expired 30 September 2020) and Marine notice 10/2020 (expired 28 February 2021).