The cargo ship Pacific Adventurer lost upwards of 270 tonnes of heavy fuel oil when holed on its port side while en route to Brisbane from Newcastle.

We’re holding roundtable discussions to foster collaboration within the Australian shipping industry as it transitions away from carbon-based fuels.

We have diverse teams operating all around Australia.

Your vessel may be inspected to verify your compliance with cargo requirements. These requirements and regulations apply to safety-related aspects for marine carriage of cargo.

How to get a certificate of recognition.

This marine notice supersedes Marine Notice 10/2022.

The National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies (the National Plan) was reviewed in 2023-2024. The review made 11 recommendations.

If you have an alternative way of meeting your safety requirements, you can make an equivalent means of compliance application.

Get your Engineer certificate of competency revalidated before it expires.

Our stance is that shipping containers lost from ships are a cause of pollution in the marine environment.

Get your Rating certificate of proficiency revalidated before it expires.

We have four Bombardier Challenger 604 jet aircraft for search and rescue. The Challengers are based out of Perth, Melbourne and Cairns.

Survey passenger vessels with offshore operations Class 1C (with berthed passengers), 2B and 3B, are required to carry a Scale E medical cabinet and a Scale F First aid kit on board.

This safety alert aims to raise awareness of the risk involved with getting on and off domestic commercial vessels.

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).

Learn how to get copies of documents certified for your certificate application.

About the feedback we received on the National System for Domestic Commercial Vessel Safety transition.