Find out if the vessel you own or operate under a boat-share agreement is a domestic commercial vessel.

All domestic commercial vessels must have a certificate of survey unless exempt.

We are a team of dedicated professionals – hear more about our experiences working at AMSA.

Learn how non-shipborne AIS units are managed and find out what’s required to apply to operate a base station or AtoN in Australia.

A master or owner of a vessel may apply for an exemption from the requirement to navigate a vessel with a licensed pilot in a compulsory pilotage area

Enhanced fishing gear requirements are being developed in talks at the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

Purpose To ensure that navigation corridors are used appropriately when planning on ECDIS, and to ensure that a voyage plan approved by the ship’s Master is executed within the planne

How to get a Watchkeeper deck certificate of competency if you are a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Maritime warfare officer or Rating.

Carry the type of lifejacket required for your vessel's highest service category. You can choose self-inflating, manual inflating or foam buoyancy lifejackets.

How to manage a deceased estate with AMSA.

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

In this safety lesson, veteran trawl fisher Mark Millward explains what he has learned from involvement in person overboard incidents. Mark has operated in the Queensland East Coast and Torres Strait Prawn Trawl Fisheries for over 40 years.

The oil spill from the Oceanic Grandeur in Torres Strait in March 1970 highlighted Australia’s lack of preparedness at the time to deal with a major oil spill in the marine environment.

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

Hours of Work and Rest – 01 May 2022 to 17 June 2022AMSA conducted an Hours of Work and Rest Focused Inspection Campaign (FIC) over the period 01 May 2022 to 17 June 2022.  

The minimum certification and qualifications required by lecturers to deliver our approved courses for the issue of an AMSA STCW Certificate. These requirements are in accordance with the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping 1978, as amended (STCW).

There is increasing use of remotely operated and autonomous technology in Australia and worldwide across a range of fields.

Descriptions of the courses available to responders under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies.