Constructing the hull, decks, superstructures, deckhouses and bulkheads.

A swimmer participating in a marine wildlife interaction tour sustained a foot injury from a propeller strike when a crew member attempted to tow them alongside a tender vessel. This activity was in breach of the operations’ safety management system procedures.

At approximately 5.30 am WA time on Friday 21 August 2009 the Montara Wellhead mobile drilling unit, located 140 miles offshore from the north-west Australian coast, had an uncontrolled release of hydrocarbons from one of the platform wells. Consequently oil escaped to the surface and gaseous hydrocarbons escaped into the atmosphere.

How to get a engineering qualifications recognized if you are a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) seaman officer.

The global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) connects you to coast stations and vessels via satellite and radio communications when you're out at sea.

Australian legislative requirements preventing pollution from discharge of garbage.

Our Board is appointed by the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.

These guidelines aim to assist small1 DCV operations to undertake a risk assessment as part of the vessel’s safety management system.

AMSA is pleased to be a sponsor of the 2023 annual conference of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ), 4-6 October.

Seafarers often spend many months working away from family and friends with this situation being made worse if the vessel they are engaged on is involved in a maritime accident

We charge fees for evaluating and approving courses that are delivered by Registered training organisations.

Details about the Registered training organisation delivered revalidation courses for Masters, Deck and Engineer officers.

As the national standard is updated, generic equivalent standards (GES) are being superseded.

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

Accredited government and private surveyors, and recognised organisations who are qualified to conduct surveys on domestic commercial vessels.

In this edition we talk about voluntary suspension: a practical option when you’re not surveying, survey process for Exemption 2 Division 5 vessels applying for a certificate of survey and survey code update in MARS: survey flexibility rollout.

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The information you provide in your incident report plays an important part in guiding the way we improve maritime safety for everybody on the water.