Lighthouses are part of the network of aids to navigation in Australia. Use our interactive map to locate one of our heritage lighthouses.

Use the My Boat online system to understand and comply with safety requirements, legislation and standards for your domestic commercial vessel.

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.

If you have recently changed your name, you can apply to get it changed on your certificate of competency and receive a replacement.

This policy provides guidance to developers on how to ensure safe navigation in and around offshore renewable energy infrastructure (OREI).

The Australian Search and Rescue (SAR) Awards 2022-23 will be presented at an event in Hobart on 19 October.

Prevention from marine pollution is imperative to protect Australia’s unique marine environments and the livelihoods of thousands of Australians.

We cannot process or issue any certificate or endorsement if your application is incomplete.

Indexed list of relevant files arranged every six months to give to Parliament and publish on our website.

It is mandatory under Australian law for certain vessels and fixed or floating platforms to carry a garbage management plan, display placards and maintain a garbage record book.

On the morning 28 June 1999, a discharge occurred from an offshore loading connection to the Mobil Port Stanvac Refinery in South Australia.

Our 24/7 centre responds to search and rescue (SAR) incidents throughout Australia.

At 8.55 am on 10 September 1979, the tanker World Encouragement was conducting berthing operations at an Australian Oil Refinery (AOR) mooring at Kurnell in Botany Bay, New South Wales, when oil began rising to the water surface from beneath the ship.

Dynamic separation can cause your vessel to become unbalanced and tip over. Find out how you can avoid this happening.