We are making changes to Marine Order 504 (Certificates of operation and operation requirements – national law) 2018 (Marine order 504) to clarify requirements for monitoring and accounting for passengers on domestic commercial vessels.

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

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.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is working to reduce the loss and discharge of fishing gear into the sea.

Safeguard your vessel and operation with an active maintenance plan.

In this edition we look at the most common reasons for certificate of survey refusal.

Highlights the importance of maintaining rescue boats in good working order ready for immediate use

Follow these steps if you want to take a DCV overseas for dry docking, sale or delivery.

Join our team and be part of a culture built on respect, collaboration, and a shared purpose.

We have intergovernmental agreements with state and territory governments in Australia.

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.

This marine notice is to remind livestock shippers, vessel owners and operators, and the masters of livestock vessels of their obligations to provide and use accurate information in the calculation of vessel stability.

We have conducted these inspection campaigns in the past, focusing on specific deficiencies and outcomes.