How to calculate and record your sea service for a near coastal certificate of competency.

Explore the trends in vessel design, materials and certification shaping Australia’s domestic fleet. See what was built, where, and how vessels are evolving to meet industry needs.

A particularly sensitive sea area (PSSA) is given special protection because of its vulnerability to damage from international shipping activities.

We work with government and industry to respond to pollution incidents under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies.

A list of all our approved short courses.

We have a large search and rescue region which covers our land mass, and large areas of our surrounding oceans.

A fire occurred on a passenger vessel in a busy harbour. The master and crew took immediate action and followed emergency procedures to disembark and transfer 73 passengers safely to another ferry. The vessel’s structural and fixed firefighting systems worked effectively to contain and extinguish the fire.

Download a copy of the requirements for each near coastal certificate.

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

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These fees are for certificates of competency, certificates of operation, certificates of survey, the surveyor accreditation scheme, and National Law exemptions.

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

We have a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman.

This is advice for ship owners and masters. We will undertake a focused inspection campaign (FIC) on cargo securing arrangements from 1 August to 31 October 2020. This is in response to recent events where containers have been lost into the sea off the Australian Coast.