A charter fishing vessel proceeding to a fishing spot began experiencing progressively worsening weather conditions and water ingress. Despite the owner’s warning prior to departure and passenger complaints, the master continued to the fishing destination. Strong winds and waves hampered anchoring, with water accumulating on deck through the transom door to the point of flooding. The vessel’s EPIRB was deployed, and a rescue helicopter attended, winching the master and passengers to safety.

Learn how to control the risk of fatigue to your crew and your operation.

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

A passenger vessel travelling at speed collided with a cliff face resulting in serious injuries to passengers and major structural damage to the vessel.

Find out what safety checks you need to do before carrying a fishery observer onboard. 

Find out how we use, assess and govern AI responsibly. This statement aligns with the Digital Transformation Agency’s (DTA) Policy for the responsible use of AI in government.

Our range of navigation services includes marine navigation and e-navigation.

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

These instructions for ship registration and transfer of ownership are provided for ship brokers and agents.

These are the deficiencies for MARPOL that our inspectors have found.

Standards for vessels used for special work.

All domestic commercial vessels are required to have a national law certificate of survey—unless an exemption applies.