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

Common questions about the National Standard for Commercial Vessels, Part C–Design and construction, Section 2, Watertight and weathertight integrity.

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.

PurposeA reminder of the requirements to test and maintain fuel isolation valves for multi-engine installations.

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

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

In this edition we talk about Lightship declarations and the law, new surveyor accreditation guidance manual part 2 now available and electrical issues able to be identified by non-electrical periodic surveyors.

If you have an offer of employment on a ship registered on the Australian International Shipping Register (AISR), you may need a certificate of equivalence (CoE). A CoE allows you to work on an AISR-registered ship using your overseas STCW certificate, without an AMSA-issued certificate of competency or certificate of recognition.

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.

In this edition we talk about marine surveyor accreditation renewals, a marine safety incident and a safety recall notice.

Under the National Plan, we have marine pollution response equipment positioned in strategic locations around Australia to support response to an incident.

AMSA surveyor’s will be using the checklist below when inspecting ships as part of our livestock ships focused inspection campaign.

Overview of the international and domestic legislation and standards that apply in Australia.

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

You need full ownership history to register a vessel. If you don’t have this information, you must submit a notice of intention to register a vessel to AMSA.

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.

We work with government and industry to respond to pollution incidents under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies.