AMSA Connect phone services may have longer wait times on Monday 1 June 2026 while we operate with reduced staffing due to the Reconciliation Day Public Holiday in Canberra. Our search and rescue team will continue to operate during this time.
Advice for operators and masters on regulations specific to the transfer of oil cargoes between oil tankers at sea for domestic commercial vessels, regulated Australian vessels and foreign flagged vessels.
In September 2017 the Western Australian Department of Transport ran Exercise Ningaloo Challenge, which was the largest and most complex maritime environmental emergency response exercise ever conducted in WA.
The report provides a detailed description of AMSA's operations during the year as well as the financial statements and the Auditor-General's report on those financial statements.
Seafarers often spend many months working away from family and friends with this situation being made worse if the vessel they are engaged on is involved in a maritime accident
A gala dinner will be held in Newcastle, NSW on 1 September 2023 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Mission to Seafarers’ presence in Newcastle.
Most services for operators and crew of domestic commercial vessels are now provided by us instead of the Northern Territory Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics.
This certificate allows you to perform the duties or functions of an Electro-technical officer on ships powered by main propulsion machinery of any propulsion power in any operating area.