Find out more about complying with the national system if you are a domestic commercial vessel owner or operator.

On 3 April 2010, the Shen Neng 1 was traversing a well-known shipping route south of the Douglas Shoal when it ran aground 38 nautical miles east of Great Keppel Island at about 5.30 pm.

We offer a maritime professional development program for mid to senior level port State control (PSC) staff from counterpart maritime safety agencies.

Get your Master or deck certificate of competency revalidated before it expires.

From 1 July 2018, new survey requirements for domestic commercial vessels apply. This includes changes to marine order 503 to apply the new periodic survey requirements to all vessels required to be in survey—existing, transitional and new vessels.

Learn how to control the risk of fatigue to your crew and your operation.

As the national standard is updated, generic equivalent standards (GES) are being superseded.

Apply for an endorsement that allows you to command and operate the engines of a vehicular ferry-in-chains attached to the shore by cable.

Passenger sustains injury from poorly rigged gangway.

Safeguard your vessel and operation with an active maintenance plan.

A crew member’s arm was crushed between the vessel and a pylon while tending to mooring lines.

The 278th meeting of the Board was held virtually via MS Teams on Wednesday, 22 April 2026.

This trial will support ongoing work to divert recyclable waste from international ships to domestic recycling, so it doesn’t end up in landfill.

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.