How to comply with low sulphur fuel requirements.

General and practical information about the AMSA mandated practical assessment (AMPA), including how to perform the assessment.

Your New Zealand seafarer qualifications allow you to gain a Certificate of recognition for your qualification in Australia.

If you are an Australian seafarer, you can use an AMSA approved task book to record your sea service, training and experience on board a vessel.

The 2019-20 Australian Vessel Traffic Services Award was awarded to Warren Bath, VTS Operator at Hay Point, Queensland, for his coordination of an incident involving a bulk carrier.

Find out who can be the designated person for a DCV and what they need to do.

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.

The Red Ensign Group Yacht Code Part A updates the Red Ensign Group Large Yacht Code (LY3 Code) and applies to yachts and training vessels, carrying not more than 12 passengers, and details the conventions these vessels must comply with in Australia.

In early 2018 representatives from Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) and AMSA boarded the containership ANL Warragul for a three day voyage to test the hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) reconnaissance capability.

In this edition we talk about Marine Surveyor Accreditation Guidance Manual – Part 2 , we include a Case Study about Compliance action on an AMS’s accreditation and decks on domestic commercial vessels

Serious injury to pilot on class 2 vessel in poor weather conditions

Contains three charts of uniform waypoints—Great Barrier Reef—Inner route north as well as alternative routes.

Guidance on the installation, testing and correct operation of oil filtering equipment (oily water separators) to support compliance with resolution MEPC.107(49) under MARPOL Annex I Regulation 14.

Our information publication scheme provides access to details about AMSA's operations.

Australia provides environmentally responsible port waste reception facilities for you to dispose your vessel-generated waste.

Find forms you might need to make sure you hold the right qualifications.