What you can do with a New Zealand fishing vessel seafarer certificate in Australia.

We have a large search and rescue region which covers our land mass, and large areas of our surrounding oceans.

Get the latest insights from vessel inspections including detentions, common safety risks and compliance performance. 

Standards for class 1 and class 2 fast craft that are at least 35m in equivalent length.

All domestic commercial vessels are required to have a national law certificate of survey—unless an exemption applies.

A deficiency notice uses codes to show non-compliance found during a Port State control (PSC) inspection.

Survey vessels in these classes are required to carry a Scale F first aid kit on board: 1B, 1C (with unberthed passengers), 1D (with berthed passengers), 1E (with berthed passengers), 2B, 2C, 3B and 3C.

Controlling the risks that weather and water pose to a vessel.

Alerts the maritime industry to findings of two recent accident investigations conducted by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and the New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission.

Survey vessels in these classes are required to carry a Scale G first aid kit on board: 1D (with unberthed passengers), 1E (with unberthed passengers), 2D, 2E, 3D and 3E.

Our process for conducting Registered training organisation evaluations.

This marine notice outlines AMSA’s expectations for vessel owners and operators when considering appropriate crewing, maintenance of watchkeeping standards and provision of minimum hours of rest, ensuring seafarer fitness for duty. 

If you are no longer carrying out commercial operations outside the Australian exclusive economic zone, you can switch to being a domestic commercial vessel by surrendering your regulated Australian vessel (RAV) Certificate of survey , Maritime Labour Certificate, and load line certificate. You can then apply for domestic commercial vessel certification.

Survey passenger vessels with offshore operations (Class 1B) are required to carry a Scale D medical cabinet and a Scale F first aid kit on board.

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

This marine notice highlights the need for shipowners, operators, masters and crews to ensure safe working arrangements are in place for any work involving height and the risk of falling.

Some vessels do not have to be surveyed. Depending on the type of vessel, you may need to apply for approval to operate.