A passenger vessel collided with an unseen rock, resulting in the injury of a passenger. The master navigated the vessel into unfamiliar waters that was not a normal or planned part of the passenger tour experience, and not authorised by the tour company. Owners and operators should ensure masters continue to conform to the planned or authorised route for the services they offer.

You must be a specific distance from the nearest land before a discharge at sea can be made.

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.

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Engines, propulsion, fuel, fluid, steering and ancillary systems.

Serious injury to pilot on class 2 vessel in poor weather conditions

This marine notice draws attention to responsible navigational practices which masters and officers in charge of a navigational watch on ships operating in Australian waters should follow.

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

Find local suppliers of fuel oil in Queensland.

Get your Engineer certificate of competency revalidated before it expires.

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.

The cargo ship Pacific Adventurer lost upwards of 270 tonnes of heavy fuel oil when holed on its port side while en route to Brisbane from Newcastle.

Find safety equipment guides for non-survey vessels based on class and type of operation.

Survey modifiers are high risk operations and vessel attributes that change the survey and other requirements that would otherwise apply to the vessel.

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

For vessels in distress or in need of assistance there can be, at times, a need to find an appropriate ‘place of refuge’, where steps can be taken to stabilise or repair the vessel and prevent the situation from worsening.

In this edition we explain correct and incorrect use of conditions.