NOPSEMA has been working with state authorities to improve and streamline consultation practices within the offshore petroleum industry, and provide advice on regulatory requirements for offshore petroleum activities.

Preventing and suppressing acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships.

This marine notice highlights shipowners, operators, masters and crews obligation to ensure safe working arrangements are in place for any work involving a ship’s elevator.

1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024 - xlsx

We’ve prepared materials to help you understand your requirements and what you need to do.

1 July 2023 – 30 June 2024 - xlsx

If you have an alternative way of meeting your safety requirements, you can make an equivalent means of compliance application.

This marine notice is to remind livestock shippers, vessel owners and operators, and the masters of livestock vessels of their obligations to provide and use accurate information in the calculation of vessel stability.

Arrangements between government and industry under the National Plan for Maritime Environmental Emergencies to respond to shipping casualties.

In this edition we give guidance on managing some of the changes mentioned in Schedule 1 of MO503, explain electrical plan approval requirements, and more.

AMSA is proud to sponsor the Environmental Stewardship Award at the 2023 Tasmanian Seafood Awards.

On 14 July 1975 the Marine Operations Centre in Canberra was alerted that the oil tanker Princess Anne Marie had sustained a large crack in its hull approximately 300 miles off Western Australian.

Our employees are expected to abide by the AMSA Code of conduct.

Find out about the search and rescue incidents we attended between July 2019 and June 2020

We are responsible for handling health and safety issues for personnel on prescribed ships that are engaged in trade or commerce on international and domestic voyages.

Your vessel may be considered a regulated Australian vessel (RAV).

The information you provide in your incident report plays an important part in guiding the way we improve maritime safety for everybody on the water. By reporting marine incidents to us, you are also meeting your reporting obligations under Australian laws.

You have a responsibility not to pollute the sea, and to be aware of the laws about oil and garbage pollution from vessels, including fishing vessels.