We have diverse teams operating all around Australia.

Maritime discharges of oil and noxious liquid substances during emergencies and pollution response situations.

Just before midnight on 24 January 2006, approximately 25 tonnes of heavy fuel oil was spilt from the bulk carrier Global Peace while berthing at the RG Tanner Coal loading facility in Gladstone in Queensland.

See how New Zealand are recognised to obtain an Australian domestic near coastal certificate.

Australia has an interest in ensuring that the ships which visit our ports and transit our waters are seaworthy, have competent crews, and are able to safely navigate through our sensitive marine areas.

Australia’s first recorded major oil spill occurred on Saturday 28 November 1903 in Port Phillip Bay.

Our 2025-26 regulatory program identifies the priority regulatory reform projects that will be progressed this financial year.

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

We inspect domestic commercial vessels to ensure crew, vessel, and operational safety.

On 3 August 1999 the Laura D’Amato, a 96,121 DWT Italian registered oil tanker, was berthed alongside at the Shell Gore Bay terminal in Sydney discharging its cargo of Murban light crude oil.

National Environmental Maritime Operations (NEMO) is an incident management system used to manage and monitor national maritime environmental emergencies.

Standards for domestic commercial vessels, largely replaced by the NSCV for new vessels.

We’ve prepared materials to help you understand your requirements and what you need to do.

AMSA’s invoicing process is changing. From 1 March 2022, all invoices for AMSA must be emailed as a PDF attachment to our new centralised email address (invoices@amsa.gov.au) for automated processing. This will ensure invoices are processed more quickly for payment.

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

What changes to Marine Order 54 (Coastal pilotage) 2014 (MO54) did we seek feedback on?