What you can do with a New Zealand fishing vessel seafarer certificate in Australia.

If you are no longer carrying out commercial operations outside the Australian exclusive economic zone, you can switch to being a domestic commercial vessel by surrendering your regulated Australian vessel (RAV) Certificate of survey , Maritime Labour Certificate, and load line certificate. You can then apply for domestic commercial vessel certification.

How to use your domestic New Zealand certificate of competency to work on domestic commercial vessels in Australia.

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

The 275th meeting of the Board was held on Wednesday, 24 September 2025, in Canberra, ACT.

Standards for 'fast craft': vessels capable of speeds over 25 knots.

Our regulatory program is prepared annually and contains details of planned and completed changes to our regulatory instruments

Commonwealth legislation requires a verified gross mass (VGM) be supplied before a container can be loaded onto a ship.

We have diverse teams operating all around Australia.

Obligations of registered agents of Australian registered ships.

The automatic identification system (AIS) works automatically and continuously, regardless of where a vessel is located.

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).

Safeguard your vessel and operation with an active maintenance plan.

There are laws against ship sourced pollution and those responsible may be prosecuted under state or territory legislation.

Find out more about complying with the national system if you are a domestic commercial vessel owner or operator.

On 28 July 1988, the livestock carrier Al Qurain struck a wharf heavily while berthing in Portland, Victoria and severely ruptured a side fuel tank. An estimated 184 tonnes of fuel oil escaped into Portland Harbour.