All domestic commercial vessels must have a certificate of survey unless exempt.

Learn how to manage your garbage on a domestic commercial vessel (DCV).

Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL Annex VI) allows ships to use exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) to comply with the 0.50 per cent m/m sulphur fuel oil limit that commenced on 1 January 2020

In this edition, learn more about the new NSCV C2 and Marine Order 97.

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

A summary of the effects of oil and dispersed oil on temperate sea grasses.

If you suspect misconduct, fraud, or corruption involving AMSA officials, contractors or service providers, you should report it.

Your compliance requirements will be affected by the service category of your vessel.

The North-East Shipping Management Plan (NE SMP) identifies actions based on information regarding the nature of shipping activity in the north-east region.

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.

Australian legislative requirements preventing pollution from discharge of garbage.

In some circumstances, it is mandatory to make a MARPOL report for certain pollution incidents.

Marine order 504

We have diverse teams operating all around Australia.

The Sylvan Arrow was found guilty of discharging an oily mixture into the sea west of Wilson’s Promontory, Victoria on 18 December 1999.

The Sanko Harvest struck a reef off Esperance, Western Australia on 14 February 1991, and broke up over the next fortnight.

A 2C rescue vessel was preparing to depart a river entrance bar with 11 people onboard. The observed sea state was a wave height (breaking) of 1.4 to 1.8 metres. The entrance bar had a moderate to high level of congestion of jet skis and surfboard riders positioned within the aids to navigation departure leads. The vessel came within very close proximity to surfers on 3 occasions whilst negotiating the breaking sea conditions. The vessel then broached upon a wave resulting in the vessel heeling to port and becoming unable to be controlled due to the force of the wave.

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).