A Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) is a ship-specific plan to improve the energy efficiency of a ship.

Make electrical safety a priority. Reduce the risk of electrical fire from batteries and electrical installations on your vessel.

Our stance is that shipping containers lost from ships are a cause of pollution in the marine environment.

We administer the national law, regulations and marine orders in implementing the national system.

This edition outlines an upcoming campaign on plan approval documentation and fire safety, initial survey recommendations and more.

In 2024, a range of vessel stability issues caused a trawler to roll over. The master had not followed the vessel’s stability book properly. The investigation also found that the stability book didn’t meet relevant standards.

Small uncrewed autonomous vessels operating in C, D, or E waters.

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

The North-East Shipping Management Plan identifies actions based on information about the nature of shipping activity in the north-east region as well as the experience and knowledge of members of the North-East Water Space Management Working Group.

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

In this edition we talk about Marine Surveyor Accreditation Guidance Manual – Part 2 , we include a Case Study about Compliance action on an AMS’s accreditation and decks on domestic commercial vessels

The 2019-20 Australian Vessel Traffic Services Award was awarded to Warren Bath, VTS Operator at Hay Point, Queensland, for his coordination of an incident involving a bulk carrier.

Vessels owned and operated by community groups or clubs may or may not be domestic commercial vessels.

Guidance on revalidating Australian certificates of competency and proficiency issued in compliance with the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW).

In Australia, domestic commercial vessels are regulated under the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012 (national law act). The National Law Act underpins the National System for Domestic Commercial Vessel Safety (national system).