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

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.

Mohammed Taslim is passionate about marine education in the Pacific and has his sights set on promoting e-learning study for seafarers in Fiji in the not-too-distant future.

If you have lost your certificate of competency, or it has been damaged or stolen you can apply to get it replaced.

These are the deficiencies for MARPOL that our inspectors have found.

In this safety lesson, veteran trawl fisher Mark Millward explains what he has learned from involvement in person overboard incidents. Mark has operated in the Queensland East Coast and Torres Strait Prawn Trawl Fisheries for over 40 years.

Discover how we’re tackling the challenges around Operation Recovery—YM Efficiency.

The provision of adequate port waste reception facilities for ship-generated waste is vital to preventing marine pollution.

1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024 - xlsx

This consultation feedback report is based on submissions to us via an online form and Facebook.

We have offices all around Australia. You can contact our state offices using the details below.

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

The oil spill from the Oceanic Grandeur in Torres Strait in March 1970 highlighted Australia’s lack of preparedness at the time to deal with a major oil spill in the marine environment.

This marine notice advises vessel owners, vessel operators, masters, officers, seafarer training organisations and industry organisations that AMSA does not consider electronic visual distress signals (EVDs) to be a suitable replacement for pyrotechnic distress signals.

This marine notice advises ship operators and owners of the hazards of transporting battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs).

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