Residual current devices minimise the risk of a person receiving an electric shock or being electrocuted when using plug-in electrical equipment on board vessels.

If you have an offer of employment on a ship registered on the Australian International Shipping Register (AISR), you may need a certificate of equivalence (CoE). A CoE allows you to work on an AISR-registered ship using your overseas STCW certificate, without an AMSA-issued certificate of competency or certificate of recognition.

AMSA is pleased to be a sponsor of the 2023 annual conference of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ), 4-6 October.

AMSA approved training organisations delivering Continued competence (Certificate of Safety Training) (COST).

The information you provide in your incident report plays an important part in guiding the way we improve maritime safety for everybody on the water.

On this page you can find copies of previous editions and amendments to the NSCV.

Purpose To ensure that navigation corridors are used appropriately when planning on ECDIS, and to ensure that a voyage plan approved by the ship’s Master is executed within the planne

Domestic commercial fishing vessels may transit between the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around Norfolk island and the Australian mainland.

The National Maritime Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulators Forum is a collaborative platform for discussing maritime workplace health and safety. Its main aim is to improve safety for domestic commercial vessels.

All ships of 5,000 gross tonnage and above engaged in international voyages must collect data on fuel consumption, distance travelled and hours underway.

Our senior management team runs the day-to-day operations and keeps our Board informed.

A master acted quickly when a passenger deliberately jumped into the water while the vessel was berthing.

We have a large search and rescue region which covers our land mass, and large areas of our surrounding oceans.

This page contains a list of past changes to Marine Orders and International Maritime Organization (IMO) resolutions.

NOPSEMA has been working with state authorities to improve and streamline consultation practices within the offshore petroleum industry, and provide advice on regulatory requirements for offshore petroleum activities.

Our search and rescue incidents from 2015–16.

This marine notice informs shipowners, operators, masters and bridge watchkeepers of the availability of maritime safety information when navigating through NAVAREA X and METAREA X.

The National Law Act, regulations, marine orders, and exemptions set out the detail of the national system.