This marine notice outlines AMSA’s expectations for vessel owners and operators when considering appropriate crewing, maintenance of watchkeeping standards and provision of minimum hours of rest, ensuring seafarer fitness for duty. 

Your vessel may be inspected to verify your compliance with cargo requirements. These requirements and regulations apply to safety-related aspects for marine carriage of cargo.

Residual current devices minimise the risk of a person receiving an electric shock or being electrocuted when using plug-in electrical equipment on board vessels.

Find out what safety checks you need to do before carrying a fishery observer onboard. 

We are responsible for providing navigational systems and services to facilitate the safe and efficient navigation of ships within Australian waters.

A lone cray fisher was heading for shelter during poor weather. He had been working for 17 hours without rest. While nearing the planned anchor point, the master fell asleep at the helm and the vessel continued on, running aground on the rocky shoreline.

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

This marine notice draws attention to the importance of providing shore leave to seafarers, for ships visiting Australian ports.

We have diverse teams operating all around Australia.

This marine notice supersedes Marine Notice 10/2022.

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

At approximately 5.30 am WA time on Friday 21 August 2009 the Montara Wellhead mobile drilling unit, located 140 miles offshore from the north-west Australian coast, had an uncontrolled release of hydrocarbons from one of the platform wells. Consequently oil escaped to the surface and gaseous hydrocarbons escaped into the atmosphere.

We are Australia’s national maritime safety regulator for domestic commercial vessels that operate within Australian waters.

In this edition we talk about audits and application assessments, compass adjustment requirements, uncrewed barges and more.

Your feedback is requested to help AMSA understand your views on current cost recovery arrangements.

AMSA’s mission is ensuring safe vessel operations, combating marine pollution and rescuing people in distress.

The content of the Engineer cadet program including certificate and short courses, qualifying sea service and medical fitness.

This information is to draw the attention of ship owners and operators to the ongoing prohibition of asbestos on ships, noting that Australian law requires operators to take all reasonable steps to protect the health and safety of employees and contractors while at work.

In this edition we talk about marine surveyor accreditation renewals, a marine safety incident and a safety recall notice.