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.
We contribute to the continuous improvement and development of maritime safety, environmental management, and emergency response systems in our region and globally.
To do this, we collaborate with stakeholders and agree ways of working together through memoranda of understanding, intergovernmental agreements, and interagency agreements.
Exercise Van Diemen was conducted under the National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and Other Noxious and Hazardous Substances in Tasmania with an oil spill scenario situated in the Mersey River in Devonport.
If you are an assessor from a registered training organisation (RTO) in Australia, you can validate entries in a task book if you need third party evidence of the competence of a student.
If you own or operate a domestic commercial vessel, there are a number of practicalities you will need to consider, including keeping your vessel and crew trained, safe and compliant.
We have put in place a new exemption allowing masters and crew of class 4 houseboats up to 24 metres in length to perform certain activities when not on hire, providing they hold at least a Coxswain Grade 3 certificate of competency and meet other conditions under the exemption.
The National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies (the National Plan) sets out national arrangements, policies and principles for managing maritime environmental emergencies.