A guide for domestic commercial vessels

We have read and answered your questions about the new requirements for domestic commercial vessels that carry passengers.

Read a summary of results from the mid-2024 consultation on Marine Order 11 and download a copy of the full report.

The RFL applies to most sea-going vessels operating in Australia. It helps fund the cost of safety activities, such as vessel inspections and surveys.

As a statutory authority, we work with the guidance of legislation.

Advisory note for the offshore petroleum industry on environmental plans and oil pollution emergency plans.

This marine notice highlights shipowners, operators, masters and crews obligation to ensure safe working arrangements are in place for any work involving a ship’s elevator.

How to comply with low sulphur fuel requirements.

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.

Our AMSA Connect team are ready to assist you over the phone, by email, or at one of our regional offices.

In this edition we give guidance on managing some of the changes mentioned in Schedule 1 of MO503, explain electrical plan approval requirements, and more.

Safeguard your vessel and operation with an active maintenance plan.

Our response to the risk of oil spills on wildlife.

On 29 October 1981 the 213-metre 16,336 gross tonnage Ro-Ro container vessel, Anro Asia, grounded near the northern tip of Bribie Island while entering Moreton Bay.