Tonnages for each Royal Australian Navy (RAN) vessel, current, decommissioned, and under construction.

In rough weather, early in the morning of 24 May, about 50 containers were lost overboard from the Singapore-flagged container ship APL England. Read our regular updates.

This page contains a list of past changes to Marine Orders and International Maritime Organization (IMO) resolutions.

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

A safety management system (also referred to as an SMS) is a systematic approach to managing safety.

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. By reporting marine incidents to us, you are also meeting your reporting obligations under Australian laws.

A timeline of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA’s) involvement in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Read a transcript of the webinar 'Fatigue management on domestic commercial vessels' held on 8 May 2026.

The 276th meeting of the Board was held on Thursday, 20 November 2025, in Canberra, ACT.

Our search and rescue incidents from 2018–19.

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.

All regulated Australian vessels must have a minimum safe crewing determination (MSCD). Find out how to prepare your crewing arrangement, check qualifications, and submit your application or renewal.

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

We work with a range of stakeholders on education and safety in the Torres Strait.

Our scholarship program supports the development of skills in the maritime industry and builds our brand as an employer of choice.

We are the Australian Government agency responsible for implementing the 1 January 2020 low sulphur fuel regulation as set out in the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).

You need full ownership history to register a vessel. If you don’t have this information, you must submit a notice of intention to register a vessel to AMSA.