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

This marine notice advises vessel owners, vessel operators, masters, officers, seafarer training organisations and industry organisations that AMSA does not consider electronic visual distress signals (EVDs) to be a suitable replacement for pyrotechnic distress signals.

National Environmental Maritime Operations (NEMO) is an incident management system used to manage and monitor national maritime environmental emergencies.

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.

Get the latest insights from vessel inspections including detentions, common safety risks and compliance performance. 

This safety alert aims to raise awareness of the risks involved with the carriage of battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) on roll-on, roll-off (RORO) ferries.

The 271st meeting of the Board was held on Wednesday, 5 March 2025 in Canberra, ACT.

The Pacific Quest was found guilty of discharging an oily mixture from a ship into the sea near Border Island, Queensland on 25 December 2002.

If you are an assessor from a registered training organisation (RTO) in Australia, you can validate entries in a task book if you need third party evidence of the competence of a student.

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.

All ships must follow the requirements of MARPOL Annex V when discharging cargo residue.

This course is designed for marine pollution responders who may be part of an aircrew to investigate and report on an oil spill.

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On 6 February 1988 the Hong Kong registered bulk carrier Sir Alexander Glen lost approximately 450 tonnes of heavy fuel oil into the waters off Port Walcott, Western Australia when a bunker tank was holed by the ship's anchor.

As manager of Australia’s National Plan, we have a fixed wing aerial dispersant capability as a key component of Australia’s capacity to respond to oil spills in the marine environment.

The 276th meeting of the Board was held on Thursday, 20 November 2025, in Canberra, ACT.

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