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.

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.

Safety Alert: 02/2021 aims to raise awareness of correct use of hydrostatic release units, for both float-free life rafts and float-free EPIRBS.

This marine notice highlights the importance of ensuring navigation bridge visibility on all vessels sailing in Australian waters. Vessel operators, masters and navigational officers should take note of its content.

This marine notice informs shipowners, operators, masters and bridge watchkeepers of the availability of a Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) in the Australia and New Zealand region.

If you hold a valid STCW certificate issued by another country and want to work on an Australian-flagged vessel, you need a certificate of recognition (CoR). In some countries this is called a recognition endorsement.

Fees associated with the delivery of the accredited marine surveyor scheme and applications for an equivalent means of compliance.

You need to revalidate your STCW CoP or CoC every 5 years. The exact requirements depend on your certificate, sea service and training.

During a private charter a passenger fell down a stairwell and sustained serious injuries. The area around the top of the stairwell had a recess that reduced the floor area slightly and could be missed during movements. The stairs themselves were not found to be contributory to this incident. However, the spiral design proved problematic for providing post-incident medical assistance for the passenger. Any area that may present a safety risk to passengers onboard a vessel should be risk assessed, with appropriate control measures put in place to ensure passenger safety.

Process for registered training organisations delivering continued competence STCW courses in sea survival and fire fighting.

A deficiency notice uses codes to show non-compliance found during a Port State control (PSC) inspection.

Providing 24/7 search and rescue (SAR) service for Australia.

Our structure gives you an idea of which area can help you when you get in touch.

Find out how domestic commercial vessels (DCVs) performed on safety, crew training, incident reporting and more during our focussed inspections campaign on towage operations.

This marine notice informs shipowners, operators, masters and bridge watchkeepers of the availability of maritime safety information when navigating through NAVAREA X and METAREA X.

From 1 January 2022, AMSA will provide 24-hour nationwide monitoring of high frequency (HF) radiotelephone distress, urgency and safety communications in Australia.

Find out how New Zealand STCW seafarer certificates compare to Australian STCW seafarer certificates.

We manage a network of about 480 marine aids to navigation (AtoN) located at about 360 sites around Australia’s coastline.

Under the National Plan, we have marine pollution response equipment positioned in strategic locations around Australia to support response to an incident.