A fire occurred on a passenger vessel in a busy harbour. The master and crew took immediate action and followed emergency procedures to disembark and transfer 73 passengers safely to another ferry. The vessel’s structural and fixed firefighting systems worked effectively to contain and extinguish the fire.

We authorise and audit vessel traffic service (VTS) providers in Australia.

You must be a specific distance from the nearest land before a discharge at sea can be made.

An online learning program providing an awareness of how AMSA combats pollution in the marine environment.

IMO performance standards require back-up arrangements to be in place in case of ECDIS failure.

Survey modifiers are high risk operations and vessel attributes that change the survey and other requirements that would otherwise apply to the vessel.

The purpose of this marine notice is to draw attention to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) non-mandatory revised guidelines for the reduction of underwater radiated noise from shipping to address adverse impacts on marine life. 

How to manage a deceased estate with AMSA.

This marine notice supersedes Marine Notice 10/2022.

Standards for installing and maintaining engines fuelled by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

The Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) produces and publishes Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) covering Australian, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australian Antarctic Territory waters.

We are responsible for providing navigational systems and services to facilitate the safe and efficient navigation of ships within Australian waters.

Find local suppliers of fuel oil in Victoria.

Most services for operators and crew of domestic commercial vessels are now provided by us instead of Department of Transport, Western Australia.

Find out who can be the designated person for a DCV and what they need to do.

Rules and conditions for vessels declared to not be regulated Australian vessels.