AMSA occasionally seeks help and support from private companies to deliver its Search and Rescue (SAR) services.

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

Safety Alert: 02/2021 aims to raise awareness of correct use of hydrostatic release units, for both float-free life rafts and float-free EPIRBS.

Descriptions of the courses available to responders under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies.

The Maritine Agencies Forum (MAF) provides a forum for collaboration on maritime safety and other issues.

Due to amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978 (STCW), refresher training is required for some certificates.

Guidance for mariners and port stakeholders on the difference between a vessel traffic service (VTS) and a local port service.

AMSA is committed to safe and clean seas. AMSA, on behalf of Australia, is responsible for the implementation of numerous international conventions and codes to which Australia is a signatory.

Do a lifejacket risk assessment. Your safety, and the safety of your passengers and crew, depends on it. Wearing a lifejacket can help prevent a tragic incident.

Operators and crew of these types of operations face unique safety challenges and risk.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is working on global requirements for reporting lost or discharged fishing gear.

Dr Rosalie Balkin was appointed to the AMSA Board on 21 November 2018 for a three year term.

Fitting out all spaces on the vessel with the right fire protection measures.

Guidance on using an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS) to meet the fuel sulphur limit of 0.50% m/m, as required under MARPOL Annex VI and Australian law.

The Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) is a mandatory measure that promotes the use of energy efficient (less polluting) equipment and engines on new build ships.

At 8.55 am on 10 September 1979, the tanker World Encouragement was conducting berthing operations at an Australian Oil Refinery (AOR) mooring at Kurnell in Botany Bay, New South Wales, when oil began rising to the water surface from beneath the ship.

This safety alert aims to raise awareness of the risks involved with the carriage of battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) on roll-on, roll-off (RORO) ferries.

(1)  The criteria for issue to a person of an unrestricted pilot licence, for a stated pilotage area, are that the person: 

Standards for electrical installations, safety, testing and repair.