Over 2016–17 AMSA continued to prepare to take on full service delivery of the national system for domestic commercial vessels. A November 2016 decision from Australian governments to defer commencement of full service delivery until 1 July 2018 provided an opportunity to enhance our original approach.

Reminding all ship owners, ship operators and masters of the requirements for the safe carriage of ammonium nitrate on board ships with a particular emphasis on the carriage in Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC).

Exercise George Bass, held on 5 and 6 June 1996, was the major national oil spill response exercise conducted by Australia's National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil for the years 1995 and 1996. Similar major exercises are held each two years, the last being Exercise Capricorn held in Gladstone in March 1994.

This report summarises our port State control activities and reports on the performance of commercial shipping companies, flag States and Classification Societies for the 1994 calendar year.

This report summarises our port State control activities and reports on the performance of commercial shipping companies, flag States and Classification Societies for the 1996 calendar year.

This report summarises our port State control activities and reports on the performance of commercial shipping companies, flag States and Classification Societies for the 1998 calendar year.

This report summarises our port State control activities and reports on the performance of commercial shipping companies, flag States and Classification Societies for the 2006 calendar year.

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.

This report summarises our port State control activities and reports on the performance of commercial shipping companies, flag States and Classification Societies for the 2013 calendar year.