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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

In this edition, we talk about how Surveyor Accreditation Guidance Manual 2 consultation closed, shaft surveys explained and some frequently asked questions related to AMS audits

How to meet the medical requirements for domestic seafarer certificates

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).

The short-term measure under the MARPOL Convention requires ships engaged on international voyages to make improvements to deliver a reduction in their carbon intensity by an average of at least 40% by 2030 (compared to 2008 levels), in line with the target set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).