We manage a network of about 480 marine aids to navigation (AtoN) located at about 360 sites around Australia’s coastline.

We sought feedback on proposed changes to Marine Order 25 (Equipment – lifesaving) 2014 (MO25). MO25 sets out requirements for carrying and testing life-saving equipment and recovering people from water.

This service charter sets out the standard of service you can expect to receive from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

Read a summary of results from the consultation on Marine Order 28 (Operations standards and procedures) and download a copy of the full report.

These guidelines aim to assist small1 DCV operations to undertake a risk assessment as part of the vessel’s safety management system.

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

In this edition we explain correct and incorrect use of conditions.

Lives continue to be lost every year in Australia when people go overboard from vessels, without a lifejacket. The simple truth is lifejackets save lives, but only if they’re worn. It’s time to get on board with lifejacket safety.

A video explaining how to develop a safety management system.

The mooring snagged on an unseen underwater object and the chain was pulled out of the bow roller and down the side of the vessel. The vessel capsized with no resulting injuries.

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.

DCV Safety Alert: 1/2021 aims to raise awareness of recommendations made by the United States, National Transportation Safety Board, following the investigation into the fire and subsequent loss of the passenger vessel Conception.

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

Ben Fordham from Trepang Fisheries talks about float-free EPIRBS

The automatic identification system (AIS) works automatically and continuously, regardless of where a vessel is located.

This edition outlines an upcoming campaign on plan approval documentation and fire safety, initial survey recommendations and more.

In this edition we talk about audits and application assessments, compass adjustment requirements, uncrewed barges and more.

We have four Bombardier Challenger 604 jet aircraft for search and rescue. The Challengers are based out of Perth, Melbourne and Cairns.