Flowchart shows actions by ships if they receive an HF DSC distress alert.

Our regulatory plan provides details of planned changes to our regulatory instruments such as Marine orders and the National Standard for Commercial Vessels, to make it easier for business and the community to take part in the development of those instruments.

In 2015-16 we continued to progress many initiatives across our areas of operation: vessel and seafarer safety, search and rescue, marine environment protection, and navigation safety.

Over 2016–17 AMSA continued to prepare to take on full service delivery of the national system for domestic commercial vessels. A November 2016 decision from Australian governments to defer commencement of full service delivery until 1 July 2018 provided an opportunity to enhance our original approach.

Reminding all ship owners, ship operators and masters of the requirements for the safe carriage of ammonium nitrate on board ships with a particular emphasis on the carriage in Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC).

Map showing the five coastal pilotage areas that we regulate.

This feedback report summarises submissions we received on the proposed changes to Marine Order 98.

This feedback report summarises the results of our consultation on international requirements on fishing gear marking and reporting.

This consultation feedback report is based on submissions to Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) via the online form and email.

We invited feedback and comments on the proposed models to recover the costs associated with delivering services to industry under the National System for Domestic Commercial Vessel

This report presents an analysis of reported marine incidents during 2019 and a trend analysis of operation-related fatalities for 2015-2019.

Exercise George Bass, held on 5 and 6 June 1996, was the major national oil spill response exercise conducted by Australia's National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil for the years 1995 and 1996. Similar major exercises are held each two years, the last being Exercise Capricorn held in Gladstone in March 1994.

The Nautical Twilight exercises practised field deployment, operational response management and explored strategic recovery issues in separate exercises.

This exercise reviewed the effectiveness of a combined Commonwealth, Victorian and industry marine pollution response to a tied 3 pollution incident in Victorian state waters.

The 2018 edition of the Australian Global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) handbook.