We work with a range of stakeholders on education and safety in the Torres Strait.

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

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

Mohammed Taslim is passionate about marine education in the Pacific and has his sights set on promoting e-learning study for seafarers in Fiji in the not-too-distant future.

Outlines the dangers of using weighted heaving lines when transferring mooring lines to tugs and shore linespersons

Instructions for accredited surveyors to conduct surveys and inspections of domestic commercial vessels.

Consultation on electrical safety on vessels closed on 28 February 2019.

As a regulatory body, we are required to publish a range of information about our functions and how we carry them out. We do this under the information publication scheme.

On 28 July 1988, the livestock carrier Al Qurain struck a wharf heavily while berthing in Portland, Victoria and severely ruptured a side fuel tank. An estimated 184 tonnes of fuel oil escaped into Portland Harbour.

On the morning of 24 April 2022, a fishing vessel ran aground on a reef between Bundaberg and Torres Strait. The master and two deck hands had been underway for six days prior to the grounding. The master was fatigued, having had little sleep given the watchkeeping schedule and the competency levels of the two deckhands.

Be prepared before your trip. Stay safe in the air.

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.

We are responsible for responding to marine oil spills and supporting the National Plan for Maritime Emergency partners in doing the same within their jurisdictions.

Standards for class 1 and class 2 fast craft that are at least 35m in equivalent length.

How to get an International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) Certificate of safety training (CoST) (STCW Reg VI/1) if you are serving or have served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

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

On 21 May 1990 an extensive oil slick was sighted approximately four nautical miles south-east of Cape Otway by the pilot of a light aircraft. The Australian-flagged tanker Arthur Phillip was later established as the source of the spill.

How to get a National Law certificate if you have a perpetual certificate, or if your certificate expired more than 5 years ago.

We manage a network of about 480 marine aids to navigation (AtoN) located at about 360 sites around Australia’s coastline.