AMSA port State control inspectors will be using the checklist below when inspecting ships as part of our cargo securing focused inspection campaign. Use this checklist to prepare for the inspection, and to help you ensure your cargo is secure. Below is a sample of the focused inspection campaign checklist.

This procedure outlines the process for Registered training organisations to offer recognition of prior learning to students of AMSA approved courses.

The oil spill from the Oceanic Grandeur in Torres Strait in March 1970 highlighted Australia’s lack of preparedness at the time to deal with a major oil spill in the marine environment.

If you are a Traditional Inhabitant of the Torres Strait and use your TIB to catch seafood and sell it, your boat is being used as a domestic commercial vessel. This page explains what that means, when you can use the TIB-specific exemption, and the steps you must follow to operate safely and legally.

The purpose of this policy is to outline the underlying principles for the disclosure and dissemination of vessel tracking information under agreed conditions.

We have issued an updated marine notice for Under Keel Clearance Management (UKCM) in Torres Strait. This notice outlines the management framework, summarises the responsibilities and reminds all coastal pilots transiting ships when they are required to use the Under Keel Clearance Management (UKCM) system.

The Sanko Harvest struck a reef off Esperance, Western Australia on 14 February 1991, and broke up over the next fortnight.

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

An online learning program providing an awareness of how AMSA combats pollution in the marine environment.

Advice for operators and masters on regulations specific to the transfer of oil cargoes between oil tankers at sea for domestic commercial vessels, regulated Australian vessels and foreign flagged vessels.

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

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

Advice on maintaining rescue boats in working order.

Reminding those who own, operate or are on board Australian ships, about offences under Australian sanction laws. The information has been prepared by the Australian Sanctions Office.

Check current fees for STCW certificates, assessments and related services. All fees are in Australian dollars (AUD).

For vessels in distress or in need of assistance there can be, at times, a need to find an appropriate ‘place of refuge’, where steps can be taken to stabilise or repair the vessel and prevent the situation from worsening.

Australian legislative requirements preventing pollution from discharge of garbage.

We have approved these courses if you want to qualify for a certificate under international training conventions.

Arrangements between government and industry under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies to respond to shipping casualties.