In 2023, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a revised strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships.

Download and print guidance for international certificates.

Read the policy and guidelines relating to the automatic identification system (AIS) in Australia.

We welcome your feedback on changes to Marine order 64 (Vessel traffic services)

We are inviting your feedback on changes to Marine Order 71.

We are proposing practical changes to the safety equipment you need to carry on certain fishing vessels operating in parts of Queensland, the Northern Territory and northern New South Wales.

We welcome your feedback on the 2023-24 Budget CRIS.

We welcome your feedback on changes to Marine Order 98.

Our focus is on delivering better practice regulation so we can support safe vessel operations, and combat marine pollution.

In early 2018 representatives from Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) and AMSA boarded the containership ANL Warragul for a three day voyage to test the hazardous and noxious substances (HNS) reconnaissance capability.

Learn how to get copies of documents certified for your certificate application.

Apply for acceptance on the oil spill control agents register.

We work with government and industry to respond to pollution incidents under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies.

If you're not sure where to start or what you're looking for, you can start here. Choose the page that best describes you.

IMO guidelines about Australia's particularly sensitive sea areas—the Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait and Coral Sea.

We cannot process or issue any certificate or endorsement if your application is incomplete.

A marine notice provides important safety related information, general guidance and details about upcoming changes to legislation to the shipping and maritime community.