Reporting general marine pollution helps us to respond quickly to an incident to minimise damage to the environment.

How to comply with low sulphur fuel requirements.

There are 48 infringements listed in the national law that can apply to vessel owners, masters, crew, or passengers. You can avoid an infringement notice by making sure your vessel, crew, and operations comply with the national law.

Mark Sherriff is a former AMSA lighthouse keeper and recipient of a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to community history.

Oil spill control agents (OSCA) may assist in oil spill clean up in Australian waters.

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For people aspiring to become accredited marine surveyors under the National Law.

Course and study subjects for deck and engineer certificates of recognition.

Find out more about complying with the national system if you are a domestic commercial vessel owner or operator.

Guidance on crewing of domestic commercial vessels as per Schedule 1 Clause 6 - Appropriate crewing and Clause 8 - Minimum crewing of Marine Order 504 (Certificates of operation - national law) 2024. Schedule 1 applies to all vessels other than class 4 vessels.

An introduction to the Automatic Identification System, what it is and how it works.

Our regulatory program is prepared annually and contains details of planned and completed changes to our regulatory instruments.

An oil spill conference hosted by the Australian Institute of Petroleum and the Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre, 11-14 September in Brisbane.

Find out about permitted tolerance, enforcement of requirements and how we will deal with delays in transmitting the VGM electronically.

Find out how to complete the Coxswain Grade 3 declaration (AMSA form 1882) and the on-water tasks required.

Your New Zealand seafarer qualifications allow you to gain a Certificate of recognition for your qualification in Australia.