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. By reporting marine incidents to us, you are also meeting your reporting obligations under Australian laws.

Our latest statement about data submitted to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

This marine notice highlights the importance of ensuring navigation bridge visibility on all vessels sailing in Australian waters. Vessel operators, masters and navigational officers should take note of its content.

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. By reporting marine incidents to us, you are also meeting your reporting obligations under Australian laws.

Find out if you can get an equivalent certificate for your New Zealand engineering certificate of competency.

We use marine orders to give effect to international and national conventions and standards. Find out more about these conventions and standards and how you can access them as publications.

Environmental, scientific and technical functions and resources in spill response.

This safety alert aims to raise awareness of the risks involved with the carriage of battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) on roll-on, roll-off (RORO) ferries.

Find local suppliers of fuel oil in Queensland.

Find local suppliers of fuel oil in the Northern Territory.

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. By reporting marine incidents to us, you are also meeting your reporting obligations under Australian laws.

Instructions for accredited surveyors to conduct surveys and inspections of domestic commercial vessels.

Our Board is appointed by the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.

We represent Australia in international organisations on maritime, aviation and search and rescue issues.

January - March 2026There were 335 reported incidents involving domestic commercial vessels in Quarter 1 of 2026. Of these, 44 were serious and 1 very serious.

The Sylvan Arrow was found guilty of discharging an oily mixture into the sea west of Wilson’s Promontory, Victoria on 18 December 1999.

A deficiency notice uses codes to show non-compliance found during a Port State control (PSC) inspection.

Consultation Report – October 2022

Exercise Barossa was a biannual oil spill response exercise conducted in Adelaide under our National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and Other Noxious and Hazardous Substances.