Fees related to registration on the Australian General Shipping Register and Australian International Shipping Register.

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

If your registration certificate is lost or damaged, you will need a new one.

Our process for conducting Registered training organisation evaluations.

An explosion occurred on a charter fishing vessel whilst berthed. The investigation identified that the ignition source was a lithium-ion battery that was not holding charge connected to a battery charger in a way that bypassed the battery management safety system. The vessel was beyond repair following the explosion.

When a livestock ship, certified with an Australian Certificate for the Carriage of Livestock (ACCL), carries cattle and/or buffalo, cargo hold decks should be washed and cleaned regularly.

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

We collect and analyse information from reported marine incidents to improve safety across the maritime industry.

Information regarding remote survey requests for ships detained in Australia.

Locations of the containers found from the YM Efficiency, before the salvage operation.

Our regulatory program is prepared annually and contains details of planned and completed changes to our regulatory instruments

Our regulatory program is prepared annually and contains details of planned and completed changes to our regulatory instruments

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.

Alerts the maritime industry to findings of two recent accident investigations conducted by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and the New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission.

Master distraction leads to vessel grounding during sea trials

Guidance on crewing of domestic commercial vessels as per Schedule 1 Clause 6 - Appropriate crewing and Clause 8 - Minimum crewing of Marine Order 504 (Certificates of operation - national law) 2024. Schedule 1 applies to all vessels other than class 4 vessels.

We have diverse teams operating all around Australia.

On 29 October 1981 the 213-metre 16,336 gross tonnage Ro-Ro container vessel, Anro Asia, grounded near the northern tip of Bribie Island while entering Moreton Bay.