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- Exemption 1 - Marine Safety (Vessel identifiers)This exemption is for owners of domestic commercial vessels who may not want to obtain or display a unique identifier.Last updated:
- Exemption 7 - Marine Safety (Temporary operations)This exemption is for owners and accredited marine surveyors of domestic commercial vessels (DCVs) who need to be able to operate temporarily without having the required certificates.Last updated:
- Annual Regulatory Program 2019 – 20Our regulatory program is prepared annually and contains details of planned and completed changes to our regulatory instruments.Last updated: 07/13/2022
- The work practices of marine pilots: a reviewA review which identifies the risk factors arising from the work practices of marine pilots.Last updated: 08/06/2020
- Annual Regulatory Program 2020–21Our regulatory program is prepared annually and contains details of planned and completed changes to our regulatory instruments.Last updated: 07/13/2022
- Operational and emergency proceduresLearn which procedures you need to add for key vessel operations and emergencies.Last updated:
- Assembly stationLearn about changes to assembly station requirements and how this affects your SMS.Last updated: 10/01/2025
- Passenger behaviour results in overboard incidentA master acted quickly when a passenger deliberately jumped into the water while the vessel was berthing.Last updated: 11/14/2025
Marine incident report: July - September 2025Between July and September 2025, we received 263 marine incident reports involving domestic commercial vessels.Last updated: 11/27/2025- Proposed changes to fire safety standards for domestic commercial vessels (NSCV C4)We sought feedback on proposed updates to the National Standard for Commercial Vessels (NSCV) Part C4 – Fire Safety.Last updated:
- Annual Regulatory Program 2021–22Our regulatory program is prepared annually and contains details of planned and completed changes to our regulatory instrumentsLast updated: 07/10/2023
Work health and safety on domestic commercial vesselsIf you operate or work on a DCV, you need to know the work health and safety rules that apply in your state or territory.Last updated: 02/28/2024- Proposed changes to certificate of survey requirementsMarine Order 503 (Certificates of survey – national law) 2018 (MO503) outlines when a domestic commercial vessel (DCV) needs a certificate of survey, and related survey requirements. These requirements help ensure that commercial vessels operating in Australia are safe and seaworthy.Last updated:
- Carrying an observer on a commercial fishing vessel under the National LawFind out what safety checks you need to do before carrying a fishery observer onboard.Last updated:
- Vessel track data disclosure and dissemination policyThe purpose of this policy is to outline the underlying principles for the disclosure and dissemination of vessel tracking information under agreed conditions.Last updated: 01/21/2021
- Victoria—changes to domestic commercial vessel servicesMost services for operators and crew of domestic commercial vessels are now provided by us instead of Transport Safety Victoria.Last updated: 04/30/2021
- VTS areas in AustraliaWe authorise and audit vessel traffic service (VTS) providers in Australia.Last updated: 11/14/2023
- Workshop skill equivalent qualificationsHow to work out if your current qualifications can be used to support your application for a domestic certificate of competency.Last updated: 12/28/2022
World Encouragement, 10 September 1979At 8.55 am on 10 September 1979, the tanker World Encouragement was conducting berthing operations at an Australian Oil Refinery (AOR) mooring at Kurnell in Botany Bay, New South Wales, when oil began rising to the water surface from beneath the ship.Last updated: 11/09/2020
Worlds away, bound by the seaMiddleton Kirwasi Gwaday travelled from his home country Papua New Guinea to complete a master's degree in Sweden.Last updated: 05/03/2022