Find out about the special arrangements for vessels which meet the definition of ‘tender’ under the national law.

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

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

In rough weather, early in the morning of 24 May, about 50 containers were lost overboard from the Singapore-flagged container ship APL England. Read our regular updates.

We have four Bombardier Challenger 604 jet aircraft for search and rescue. The Challengers are based out of Perth, Melbourne and Cairns.

We work with government and industry to respond to pollution incidents under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies.

Read about the results of the consultation on amendments to Marine Order 53, which implements new safety of navigation and voyage planning requirements for vessels operating in polar waters.

Read a transcript of the webinar 'Changes to safety management systems requirements' held 19 March 2025.

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

Requirements for national colours of flags for Australian ships.

We provide a search and rescue (SAR) service for Australia. This allows us to quickly deploy a SAR response for anyone in distress.

Find out how you obtain your unique vessel identifier and how to display it correctly.

Feedback from stakeholders about proposed changes to Marine Order 504 (Certificates of operation and operation requirements) 2018 (MO504) relating to safety management systems (SMS).

Safeguard your vessel and operation with an active maintenance plan.

Find out about vessel categories, calculating vessel size, and read the dictionary of definitions.

In this edition we talk about correct use of the AMSA 586 form following a survey, draft standards on marina and boat electrical installations, ISO 12215 GES is now approved.

Rules and conditions for vessels declared to not be regulated Australian vessels.

Our stance is that shipping containers lost from ships are a cause of pollution in the marine environment.

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.