We use marine orders to explain and implement the legislative requirements for the maritime industry. Find out about the conventions and standards that marine orders explain.

We want your feedback on proposed changes to Australian near coastal seafarer certificates.

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

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.

Under Marine Order 503 a transitional vessel is an existing vessel that has: 

A deficiency notice uses codes to show non-compliance found during a Port State control (PSC) inspection.

This safety lesson describes how experienced Queensland prawn trawl fisher, Tony Sterling, developed an inpull winch that pulls in both sides of the trawl gear at the same time. The winch has delivered major safety benefits because crew no longer need to go out onto the booms.

We consulted you about vessel reporting systems.

Tell us what you think about our draft Heritage Strategy 2022-2025.

Risk assessments help identify why, when and where lifejackets need to be worn during vessel operations. Wearing a lifejacket can help prevent a tragic incident.

We have a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the China Maritime Safety Administration (China MSA).

Discover key data on complaints about seafarer living and working conditions, inspection activities, and how we ensure seafarers visiting Australian ports are protected under international maritime labour standards.

Safety Alert: 02/2021 aims to raise awareness of correct use of hydrostatic release units, for both float-free life rafts and float-free EPIRBS.

Discover how we’re tackling the challenges around Operation Recovery—YM Efficiency.