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

The National Plan uses a risk based approach to reduce the impact of maritime environment emergencies.

Indexed list of relevant files arranged every six months to give to Parliament and publish on our website.

Find out about permitted tolerance, enforcement of requirements and how we will deal with delays in transmitting the VGM electronically.

Trajectory models can help predict spill behaviour in the marine environment. If you are from one of our National Plan partner agencies, you can request a spill trajectory model when an oil or chemical spill occurs.

The 276th meeting of the Board was held on Thursday, 20 November 2025, in Canberra, ACT.

Follow these steps if your RAV is no longer carrying out commercial operations outside the Australian Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) or it's being brought to Australia to operate as a DCV.

This figure describes Modern Slavery Risks

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is the Commonwealth statutory body with responsibility for establishing and maintaining marine aids to navigation (AtoN) pursuant to section 190 of the Navigation Act 2012 (Cth).

With the introduction of a new revised Marine Order 505 (Certificates of competency) on 1 January 2023 following extensive industry consulta

Find out about the automatic identification system (AIS).

Recent public consultations which are now closed.

If your ship is found to have deficiencies during an inspection, you may be detained and delayed for an unknown amount of time.

To confirm an engine with a power output of greater than 130 kilowatts (kW) is compliant with nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission standards, it must be accompanied by an Engine International Air Pollution Prevention (EIAPP) certificate and supporting Technical File.

We have a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Papua New Guinea National Maritime Safety Authority.

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This service charter sets out the standard of service you can expect to receive from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

Consider AMSA as your next move.