Specifies safety standards for the design, construction, equipping and operation of a domestic commercial vessel that is a leisure craft.

If you undertake towing operations with your vessel, there are unique risks that you must consider within your risk assessment as part of the safety management system.

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Shipping containers lost from ships are a cause of pollution in the marine environment.

Standards for maintaining stability during day-to-day operations while the hull is intact.

Survey passenger vessels with offshore operations (Class 1B) are required to carry a Scale D medical cabinet and a Scale F first aid kit on board.

This marine notice supersedes Marine Notice 10/2022.

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

Standards for domestic commercial vessels, largely replaced by the NSCV for new vessels.

AMSA surveyor’s will be using the checklist below when inspecting ships as part of our livestock ships focused inspection campaign.

Read a summary of results from the consultation on Marine Order 28 (Operations standards and procedures) and download a copy of the full report.

A garbage management plan is an effective way to reduce garbage generated on board and ensure its effective disposal, to protect our marine environment. Under Australian maritime legislation it is mandatory for certain vessels to carry a garbage management plan.

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

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.

Find out what marine orders are, why they exist and how they are written.

The National Standard for Commercial Vessels (NSCV) provides standards for vessel design, construction and equipment for domestic commercial vessels.

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

We are conducting a focused inspection campaign (FIC) on vessel adventure rides and experiences from October 2023 - March 2024.