You were invited to review and provide feedback on AMSA’s consultative 2021-22 Budget Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS).

Your feedback is requested to help AMSA understand your views on current cost recovery arrangements.

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

Under the National Plan, we have marine pollution response equipment positioned in strategic locations around Australia to support response to an incident.

Your compliance requirements will be affected by the service category of your vessel.

Contains three charts of uniform waypoints—Great Barrier Reef—Great North East Channel, eastbound and westbound.

The safety and medical equipment you need will depend on your vessel and operation.

For vessels in distress or in need of assistance there can be, at times, a need to find an appropriate ‘place of refuge’, where steps can be taken to stabilise or repair the vessel and prevent the situation from worsening.

During a private charter a passenger fell down a stairwell and sustained serious injuries. The area around the top of the stairwell had a recess that reduced the floor area slightly and could be missed during movements. The stairs themselves were not found to be contributory to this incident. However, the spiral design proved problematic for providing post-incident medical assistance for the passenger. Any area that may present a safety risk to passengers onboard a vessel should be risk assessed, with appropriate control measures put in place to ensure passenger safety.

The 274th meeting of the Board was held on Wednesday, 13 August 2025, in Fremantle, Western Australia.

We sought feedback on proposed changes to Marine Order 25 (Equipment – lifesaving) 2014 (MO25). MO25 sets out requirements for carrying and testing life-saving equipment and recovering people from water.

Find out which marine radio certificate you need and how to get one.

(1)  The criteria for the issue of a check pilot licence to a person are that the person: 

Generic equivalent solutions (GES) support national standards by allowing the use of new technology and other solutions.

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Operators and crew of these types of operations face unique safety challenges and risk.