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For seafarers who want to work as a qualified rating in both the deck and engine departments on vessels operating under the STCW Convention.

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On 3 April 2010, the Shen Neng 1 was traversing a well-known shipping route south of the Douglas Shoal when it ran aground 38 nautical miles east of Great Keppel Island at about 5.30 pm.

Find out what the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) covers and how it's implemented in Australia.

All domestic commercial vessels are required to have a national law certificate of survey—unless an exemption applies.

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

This marine notice advises vessel owners, vessel operators, masters, officers, seafarer training organisations and industry organisations that AMSA does not consider electronic visual distress signals (EVDs) to be a suitable replacement for pyrotechnic distress signals.

Purpose To ensure that navigation corridors are used appropriately when planning on ECDIS, and to ensure that a voyage plan approved by the ship’s Master is executed within the planne

Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL Annex VI) allows ships to use exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) to comply with the 0.50 per cent m/m sulphur fuel oil limit that commenced on 1 January 2020

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.

This marine notice informs shipowners, operators, masters and bridge watchkeepers of the availability of maritime safety information when navigating through NAVAREA X and METAREA X.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is working on global requirements for reporting lost or discharged fishing gear.

In this edition we talk about Lightship declarations and the law, new surveyor accreditation guidance manual part 2 now available and electrical issues able to be identified by non-electrical periodic surveyors.

The 278th meeting of the Board was held virtually via MS Teams on Wednesday, 22 April 2026.

On 6 February 1988 the Hong Kong registered bulk carrier Sir Alexander Glen lost approximately 450 tonnes of heavy fuel oil into the waters off Port Walcott, Western Australia when a bunker tank was holed by the ship's anchor.

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