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  • National Maritime WHS Regulators Forum logo
    National Maritime WHS Regulators Forum
    The National Maritime Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulators Forum is a collaborative platform for discussing maritime workplace health and safety. Its main aim is to improve safety for domestic commercial vessels.
    Last updated: 03/25/2024
  • Master less than 24 metres near coastal
    Learn about the Master less than 24 metres certificate, including the vessels it lets you operate, how to qualify, apply, or renew.
    Last updated: 07/01/2024
  • Consultation—Draft Marine Order 44—(Safe containers) 2019
    Consultation on Marine Order 44 closed on 1 March 2019.
    Last updated: 11/29/2024
  • 2023-24 AMSA Annual Report cover featuring images of a lighthouse
    Annual Report 2023-24
    The report provides a detailed description of AMSA's operations during the year as well as the financial statements and the Auditor-General's report on those financial statements.
    Last updated: 10/28/2024
  • Exemptions and approvals for cargoes
    Exemptions and approvals for the handling, transport, and categorisation of certain cargoes.
    Last updated: 11/05/2024
  • Diversity and inclusion strategy 2023–27
    Diversity and inclusion are essential for a workplace culture that reflects our values and we are committed to building diversity and inclusion into our everyday business.
    Last updated: 03/02/2023
  • Eddystone Point Lighthouse Heritage Management Plan
    This heritage management plan looks after the lighthouse and the surrounding precinct and land.
    Last updated: 09/28/2023
  • Category F1 fast craft - F1B
    Standards for class 1 and class 2 fast craft that are at least 35m in equivalent length.
    Last updated: 10/01/2024
  • Annual Regulatory Plan 2016–17
    Our regulatory plan provides details of planned changes to our regulatory instruments such as Marine orders and the National Standard for Commercial Vessels, to make it easier for business and the community to take part in the development of those instruments.
    Last updated: 07/13/2022
  • Annual Report 2020–21
    This report provides a review of activities undertaken in 2020-21, using the reporting arrangements set out in the Portfolio Budget Statements 2020-21 and the AMSA Corporate Plan 2020-21 (covering the period 2020-21 - 2023-24).
    Last updated: 01/17/2025
  • Response to the Pacific Adventurer incident—strategic issues report, operational and technical issues report
    Following the Pacific Adventurer off Brisbane on 11 March 2009, a number of inquiries were undertaken to investigate the circumstances contributing to the cause of, and the response to, the incident.
    Last updated: 11/09/2020
  • Torres Strait Marine Safety Program
    We work with a range of stakeholders on education and safety in the Torres Strait.
    Last updated: 03/21/2023
  • MARS user guide video—Submitting a shaft survey report
    A video tutorial on submitting a shaft survey report in the MARS system, for the use of marine surveyors in Australia.
    Last updated: 06/12/2020
  • Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse Heritage Management Plan 2023
    This heritage management plan concerns the lighthouse and surrounding land.
    Last updated: 05/01/2024
  • Sea trials for vessels built in Australia
    Instructions where an Australian commercial vessel under construction is required to undertake sea trials prior to the issuance of statutory certification.Australian vessels intended to b
    Last updated: 10/30/2025
  • Annual Regulatory Plan 2017–18
    Our regulatory plan provides details of planned changes to our regulatory instruments such as Marine Orders and the National Standard for Commercial Vessels, to make it easier for business and the community to take part in the development of those instruments.
    Last updated: 07/13/2022
  • STCW regulations explained
    There are mandatory minimum requirements for your certificates under the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978 (STCW).
    Last updated: 10/27/2020
  • Annual Report 2021–22
    The report provides a detailed description of AMSA's operations during the year as well as the financial statements and the Auditor-General's report on those financial statements.
    Last updated: 11/10/2023
  • About oil spill control agents
    Oil spill control agents (OSCA) may assist in oil spill clean up in Australian waters.
    Last updated: 02/08/2022
  • Administrative forms for marine surveyors
    Use these forms to apply for and manage your accreditation as a marine surveyor.
    Last updated: 06/12/2020