Safety Alert: 02/2021 aims to raise awareness of correct use of hydrostatic release units, for both float-free life rafts and float-free EPIRBS.

Access AMSA safety alerts for domestic commercial vessels and the international shipping community.

Find out how you obtain your unique vessel identifier and how to display it correctly.

Our Board is appointed by the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.

This marine notice aims to raise awareness of the risks involved with getting on and off vessels.

There is potential for light-emitting diode lighting on vessels to compromise reception on VHF frequencies.

If you’re a seafarer or marine surveyor and want to apply for a skilled visa to live and work in Australia, you may need a migration skills assessment. Find out what you need to do and how to apply.

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

Highlights the importance of maintaining rescue boats in good working order ready for immediate use

This marine notice aims to raise awareness of the risks involved with getting on and off vessels.

Since 2020, 345 serious crew injuries have been reported to us from regulated Australian vessels and foreign flagged vessels in Australian waters. Find out how effective risk assessments can help prevent accidents onboard.

Oil spill control agents (OSCA) may assist in oil spill clean up in Australian waters.

This Marine Notice reminds shipowners, operators, masters, crews, recognised organisations, marine pilots and pilotage providers about their obligation to provide and ensure continued safe pilot transfer arrangements on ships.

Commonwealth legislation requires a verified gross mass (VGM) be supplied before a container can be loaded onto a ship.

We are seeking your feedback on implementing proposed amendments to Marine Order 11 (Living and working conditions).

On 6 November 2021, while enroute, a passenger charter (Class 1E) vessel’s inadequately secured swim platform gate opened when a passenger and toddler leant against it causing the two passengers to fall into the water. The investigation identified that there was no locking bolt on the gate, no risk assessments and no passenger verification procedures in place. 

Dynamic separation can cause your vessel to become unbalanced and tip over. Find out how you can avoid this happening.

When Port Hedland VTS received notification of four people clinging to a vessel in the anchorage zone, they wasted no time co-ordinating local assets to effect a rescue worthy of a nomination for the Australian VTS Award.