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

How to use your domestic New Zealand certificate of competency to work on domestic commercial vessels in Australia.

A marine notice provides important safety related information, general guidance and details about upcoming changes to legislation to the shipping and maritime community.

From 27 November to 1 December 2017 we coordinated a marine pollution response advanced equipment operator’s course in Melbourne.

If you hold a valid STCW certificate issued by another country and want to work on an Australian-flagged vessel, you need a certificate of recognition (CoR). In some countries this is called a recognition endorsement.

See how New Zealand are recognised to obtain an Australian domestic near coastal certificate.

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

Explore key trends and safety insights from reported incidents in our annual reports.

We collect and analyse information from reported marine incidents to improve safety across the maritime industry.

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

All vessels involved in a marine incident in Australian waters need to make a report.

Lives continue to be lost every year in Australia when people go overboard from vessels, without a lifejacket. The simple truth is lifejackets save lives, but only if they’re worn. It’s time to get on board with lifejacket safety.