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- Memorandum of understanding with the International Maritime OrganizationWe have a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the International Maritime Organization (IMO).Last updated: 03/23/2023
Help shape fire safety standards for domestic commercial vesselsConsultation is now open on proposed changes to the National Standard for Commercial Vessels (NSCV) Part C4 – Fire safety.Last updated: 11/24/2025- National Approach to Maritime Safety Regulations 2009This is the final Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) that examines options for national reform of maritime safety regulation.Last updated: 10/26/2020
- Goods Island Lighthouse Heritage Management Plan 2023This heritage management plan concerns the lighthouse and surrounding land.Last updated: 05/01/2024
- Cape Sorell Lighthouse Heritage Management PlanThis heritage management plan concerns the lighthouse and surrounding land.Last updated: 09/28/2023
- Consultation feedback report: Proposed changes to Marine Order 16 (Load lines) and Marine Order 19 (Tonnage measurements)Read a summary of results from the consultation on Marine order 16 (MO16) and Marine order 19 (MO19) and download a copy of the full report.Last updated: 09/01/2025
- COMSAR flowchart for VHF MF distress alertsFlow chart showing the actions to be taken by ships when they receive a distress alert.Last updated: 07/14/2020
- Implementation and application of the National PlanThe National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies (the National Plan) sets out national arrangements, policies and principles for managing maritime environmental emergencies.Last updated: 08/04/2023
- Port State control Australia—2019 reportThis report summarises the PSC activities of AMSA, detailing the performance of commercial shipping companies, flag States and Classification Societies for the 2019 calendar year.Last updated: 05/26/2020
- Check Pilot Licence(1) The criteria for the issue of a check pilot licence to a person are that the person:Last updated: 11/14/2023
North-East Shipping Management PlanThe North-East Shipping Management Plan aims to give Australians confidence in how the growth of shipping area is managed concomitant with growth in commodity flows and associated infrastructure such as ports.Last updated: 01/20/2021- Construction - C3Constructing the hull, decks, superstructures, deckhouses and bulkheads.Last updated: 11/07/2024
- Exercise Van Diemen—Davenport TasmaniaExercise Van Diemen was conducted under the National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and Other Noxious and Hazardous Substances in Tasmania with an oil spill scenario situated in the Mersey River in Devonport.Last updated: 11/09/2020
Out now! Maritime Safety Awareness Bulletin issue 19The latest issue of the Maritime Safety Awareness Bulletin focuses on conditions of employment.Last updated: 04/03/2024- Machinery - C5AEngines, propulsion, fuel, fluid, steering and ancillary systems.Last updated: 01/31/2025
- Effects of oil and dispersed oil on temperate seagrassesA summary of the effects of oil and dispersed oil on temperate sea grasses.Last updated: 11/09/2020
- Intact stability requirements - C6AStandards for maintaining stability during day-to-day operations while the hull is intact.Last updated: 10/01/2024
- Safety equipment guides for surveyed vesselsFind safety equipment guides for class 1, 2 and 3 vessels that hold a certificate of survey.Last updated: 12/21/2023
- Response to the Montara Wellhead Platform incidentReport of the Incident Analysis team into the response by the National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and Other Noxious and hazardous Substances, to the Montara Wellhead Platform incident, March 2010.Last updated: 11/09/2020
- Identification of oil on water—aerial observation and identification guideAssists in aerial observation, surveillance and identification of pollution to more accurately report the presence of oil in the marine environment.Last updated: 02/17/2022