We want your feedback on the proposal to cease high frequency (HF) radiotelephone monitoring of distress and safety communications in Australia.

Requirements for national colours of flags for Australian ships.

Discover how we’re tackling the challenges around Operation Recovery—YM Efficiency.

Controlling the risks that weather and water pose to a vessel.

Standards for electrical installations, safety, testing and repair.

At 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.

Constructing the hull, decks, superstructures, deckhouses and bulkheads.

As the national standard is updated, generic equivalent standards (GES) are being superseded.

Look out for marine fauna and report any collisions.

Operators of Regulated Australian Vessels (RAV) and Foreign Vessels, as well as the shippers of livestock, have obligations when loading and transporting livestock from Australia.

An index to guide you through the supporting documents for the National Plan.

Standards for maintaining stability during day-to-day operations while the hull is intact.

Our latest statement about data submitted to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

Instructions for accredited surveyors to conduct surveys and inspections of domestic commercial vessels.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) governs the agreed minimum requirements for handling and transport of cargoes and dangerous goods.

The purpose of this notice is to remind vessel owners, operators and masters of:

On 22 January 1982 at approximately 9 pm, the oil tanker Esso Gippsland was in the process of loading at Port Stanvac jetty, South Australia, when a large quantity of industrial fuel oil leaked from the air vent and ullage port of its no.2 starboard tank.

On 28 July 1988, the livestock carrier Al Qurain struck a wharf heavily while berthing in Portland, Victoria and severely ruptured a side fuel tank. An estimated 184 tonnes of fuel oil escaped into Portland Harbour.