Vessels refused access to Australian ports and vessels given warnings in relation to serious deficiencies.

The minimum certification and qualifications required by lecturers to deliver our approved courses for the issue of an AMSA STCW Certificate. These requirements are in accordance with the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping 1978, as amended (STCW).

Since December 2016, we have conducted 177 compliance checks on 86 cruise ships with 100 per cent compliance observed.

The following statistics relate to the complaints received by AMSA since we issued Marine notice 04/2020 (expired 30 September 2020) and Marine notice 10/2020 (expired 28 February 2021).

The National Compliance Plan gives regulated maritime industries and our compliance partners insight into the compliance areas we will focus our efforts on during 2022-23.

What you need to know about owning a float-free EPIRB.

If you are a supervisor or qualified person working in the Australian maritime industry, you will need to observe and sign off a seafarer using a task book.

AMSA surveyors will be using the checklist below when inspecting ships as part of our planned maintenance focused inspection campaign.