On 3 August 1999 the Laura D’Amato, a 96,121 DWT Italian registered oil tanker, was berthed alongside at the Shell Gore Bay terminal in Sydney discharging its cargo of Murban light crude oil.

In this edition we talk about marine surveyor accreditation renewals, a marine safety incident and a safety recall notice.

The following statistics relate to the complaints received by AMSA since we issued Marine notice 04/2020 (expired 30 September 2020) and Marine notice 10/2020 (expired 28 February 2021).

This marine notice informs shipowners, operators, masters and bridge watchkeepers of the availability of a Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) in the Australia and New Zealand region.

Read about the changes we have made to the NSCV since 2020.

Follow these steps if you want to take a DCV overseas for dry docking, sale or delivery.

Our 24/7 centre responds to search and rescue (SAR) incidents throughout Australia.

A summary of the effects of oil and dispersed oil on temperate sea grasses.

Our process for conducting Registered training organisation evaluations.

On 29 October 1981 the 213-metre 16,336 gross tonnage Ro-Ro container vessel, Anro Asia, grounded near the northern tip of Bribie Island while entering Moreton Bay.

DCV Safety Alert: 1/2021 aims to raise awareness of recommendations made by the United States, National Transportation Safety Board, following the investigation into the fire and subsequent loss of the passenger vessel Conception.

Follow these steps if your RAV is no longer carrying out commercial operations outside the Australian Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) or it's being brought to Australia to operate as a DCV.

An accountable authority may issue a Public Interest Certificate under the Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Act 2018 when it is considered to not be in the public interest for a particular procurement process to be suspended.

Learn the differences between general and direct supervision

What you can do with a New Zealand fishing vessel seafarer certificate in Australia.

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Marine order 504

The purpose of this marine notice is to draw attention to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Recommendations for the carriage of plastic pellets by sea in freight containers, which were released on 19 April 2024.