Our regulatory plan is produced annually and contains planned changes to our regulatory instruments.

The content of the Engineer cadet program including certificate and short courses, qualifying sea service and medical fitness.

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

Survey passenger vessels with offshore operations Class 1C (with berthed passengers), 2B and 3B, are required to carry a Scale E medical cabinet and a Scale F First aid kit on board.

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.

Keeping a radio watch saves lives. Use this guidance to set up your radio watchkeeping process and comply with Marine Order 504.

We are responsible for leading national policy on vessel traffic services (VTS).

Find out how to complete the Coxswain Grade 3 declaration (AMSA form 1882) and the on-water tasks required.

AMSA’s mission is ensuring safe vessel operations, combating marine pollution and rescuing people in distress.

As a regulatory body, we are required to publish a range of information about our functions and how we carry them out. We do this under the information publication scheme.

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

In this edition, learn more about careers at AMSA and maintenance plan essentials.

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) is the main international convention for addressing ship sourced pollution.

Instructions for registered training organisations (RTOs).