Accurate weight declaration for cargo containers is a critical safety issue. Shippers must provide a verified gross mass for containers.

Outlines the dangers of using weighted heaving lines when transferring mooring lines to tugs and shore linespersons

A training organisation must apply to be accredited to provide approved VTS training.

We provide a range of geographic information as digital maps and spatial data sets. This visual geographic data is used to support search and rescue, pollution response, vessel tracking, and navigation in Australian waters. Some data access may require you to pay a fee.

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.

Chemical dispersants are one of the response tools available during oil spill responses.

AMSA is pleased to be sponsoring the 2023 Interferry Conference, to be held in Australia for the first time since 2002.

Advice for operators and masters on regulations specific to the transfer of oil cargoes between oil tankers at sea for domestic commercial vessels, regulated Australian vessels and foreign flagged vessels.

Carry the type of lifejacket required for your vessel's highest service category. You can choose self-inflating, manual inflating or foam buoyancy lifejackets.

A load line or water line are lines on the side of a ship's hull that show where a ship can be legally loaded to.

In this edition we talk about audits and application assessments, compass adjustment requirements, uncrewed barges and more.

Purpose To ensure that navigation corridors are used appropriately when planning on ECDIS, and to ensure that a voyage plan approved by the ship’s Master is executed within the planne