The type of EPIRB you need depends on vessel class, length, flotation and operating area.

Become a coastal pilot and contribute to the safety of ships in the Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef.

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

Compasses, nautical charts, chart systems, and publications.

A particularly sensitive sea area (PSSA) is given special protection because of its vulnerability to damage from international shipping activities.

A guide to help domestic commercial marine adventure tourism operators develop their safety management systems (SMS)

If you hold a valid STCW certificate issued by another country and want to work on an Australian-flagged vessel, you need a certificate of recognition (CoR). In some countries this is called a recognition endorsement.

The information you provide in your incident report plays an important part in guiding the way we improve maritime safety for everybody on the water. By reporting marine incidents to us, you are also meeting your reporting obligations under Australian laws.

Find out how domestic commercial vessels (DCVs) performed on safety, training, risk assessment and more during our focussed inspections campaign on hazardous gases.

Be prepared before your trip. Stay safe on land.

Advice on maintaining rescue boats in working order.

Explore key trends and safety insights from reported incidents in our annual reports.

Apply for acceptance on the oil spill control agents register.

We maintain a database which assists us to calculate the risk factor of a vessel. This lets us target elevated risk vessels for inspection. 

Standards for domestic commercial vessels, largely replaced by the NSCV for new vessels.

How to get a National Law certificate if you have a perpetual certificate, or if your certificate expired more than 5 years ago.

In this edition we talk about Marine Surveyor Accreditation Guidance Manual – Part 2 , we include a Case Study about Compliance action on an AMS’s accreditation and decks on domestic commercial vessels

Ships registered on the Australian general shipping register have Australian nationality.