Australia provides environmentally responsible port waste reception facilities for you to dispose your vessel-generated waste.

AMOSC welcomes Matthew (Matt) Breen (Operations).

Australia implements a range of standards and regulations to protect the marine environment from pollution.

From 1 July 2018, new survey requirements for domestic commercial vessels apply. This includes changes to marine order 503 to apply the new periodic survey requirements to all vessels required to be in survey—existing, transitional and new vessels.

In this edition we look at the most common reasons for certificate of survey refusal.

In this edition we give guidance on managing some of the changes mentioned in Schedule 1 of MO503, explain electrical plan approval requirements, and more.

In this edition we explain about National Law audits,

Under Marine Order 503 a transitional vessel is an existing vessel that has: 

On Sunday 26 May 1974 the bulk carrier Sygna was involved in a major pollution incident.

Over the next few months, we will work closely with traditional inhabitant boat operators in the Torres Strait region.

This heritage management plan concerns the lighthouse and surrounding land.

We provide a range of geographic information as digital maps and spatial data sets. This visual geographic data is used to support search and rescue, pollution response, vessel tracking, and navigation in Australian waters. Some data access may require you to pay a fee.

We maintain nine strategic equipment stockpiles of marine pollution response equipment around the Australian coastline.

Notify AMSA as soon as possible after becoming aware of an incident