A master or owner of a vessel may apply for an exemption from the requirement to navigate a vessel with a licensed pilot in a compulsory pilotage area

Shipping containers lost from ships are a cause of pollution in the marine environment.

Standards for maintaining stability during day-to-day operations while the hull is intact.

This marine notice supersedes Marine Notice 10/2022.

Standards for class 1 and class 2 fast craft that are at least 35m in equivalent length.

From 1 July 2018, new survey requirements for domestic commercial vessels apply. This includes changes to marine order 503 to apply the new periodic survey requirements to all vessels required to be in survey—existing, transitional and new vessels.

Find out what marine orders are, why they exist and how they are written.

This Marine Notice reminds vessel masters, owners and operators about the coastal pilotage requirements that apply within the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait, as prescribed in Marine Order 54 (Coastal pilotage) 2014 (MO54).

The National Standard for Commercial Vessels (NSCV) provides standards for vessel design, construction and equipment for domestic commercial vessels.

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

In this edition we explain how to complete a shaft survey report, tell you about changes to MARS, changes to surveyor identity cards and much more.

Read a transcript of the webinar 'Changes to safety management systems requirements' held 19 March 2025.

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

Australia’s first recorded major oil spill occurred on Saturday 28 November 1903 in Port Phillip Bay.

We are conducting a focused inspection campaign (FIC) on vessel adventure rides and experiences from October 2023 - March 2024.

Find local suppliers of fuel oil in South Australia in the register below.