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).

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

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

We have diverse teams operating all around Australia.

Obligations of registered agents of Australian registered ships.

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

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.

Understand the state of the Australian maritime workforce. Find out how many domestic and international seafarers are certificated by AMSA to work in Australia.

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

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

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

Key trends and safety insights from marine incidents reported to us in 2025 and trend analysis for previous years.

Safeguard your vessel and operation with an active maintenance plan.