Consultation Report – October 2022

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.

Lifejackets save lives

Passenger sustains injury from poorly rigged gangway.

Mandatory coastal pilotage is a protective measure used in environmentally fragile or areas potentially hazardous to navigation.

Some guidance on how to start your job in Australia once you have submitted your application.

In June 2018 our Response Division delivered a workshop in Melbourne which explored how Australia could deliver an effective response to a complex maritime emergency.

Before you begin operating your vessel, you must follow our requirements.

Learn about our oral exams and how to make a booking.

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

Dr Rosalie Balkin was appointed to the AMSA Board on 21 November 2018 for a three year term.

Changes to survey regime for domestic commercial vessels from 1 July 2018.

As a flag State, AMSA are responsible for making sure Australian ships comply with relevant legislation/s.

Sudden vessel movement resulting in master incapacitation highlights onboard safety risks

All ships of 5,000 gross tonnage and above engaged in international voyages must collect data on fuel consumption, distance travelled and hours underway.

The Sanko Harvest struck a reef off Esperance, Western Australia on 14 February 1991, and broke up over the next fortnight.

When Port Hedland VTS received notification of four people clinging to a vessel in the anchorage zone, they wasted no time co-ordinating local assets to effect a rescue worthy of a nomination for the Australian VTS Award.

The following definitions explain the terms used specifically in the Maritime Training (MT) series documents for Registered training organisations (RTOs)