AMSA Connect phone services may have longer wait times on Monday 1 June 2026 while we operate with reduced staffing due to the Reconciliation Day Public Holiday in Canberra. Our search and rescue team will continue to operate during this time.
The North-East Shipping Management Plan (NE SMP) identifies actions based on information regarding the nature of shipping activity in the north-east region.
The National Compliance Plan gives regulated maritime industries and our compliance partners insight into the compliance areas we will focus our efforts on during 2022-23.
The Queensland coastal passage plan (QCPP) seeks to improve pre-pilotage communications between coastal pilotage providers, the vessels they service and the pilots embarked within these vessels.
The North-East Shipping Management Plan aims to give Australians confidence in how the growth of shipping area is managed concomitant with growth in commodity flows and associated infrastructure such as ports.
The 2014-15 year has been a busy one, with a focus on the development and implementation of supporting policies, guidelines and advisories, in support of the 2014 published National Plan. The 2015 annual National Plan exercise, Exercise Westwind, was a great success.
An advisory to assist jurisdictions prepare for the possibility that significant numbers of the public may wish to spontaneously volunteer to assist in a maritime environmental emergency.
Whilst there were no major pollution incidents during the 2012-13 financial year, in July 2012 we completed the removal of the wreck of the MV Tycoon from Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island. The National Plan was also called upon to support state/NT agencies in responding to several minor incidents.