AMSA Connect phone services may have longer wait times on Monday 1 June 2026 while we operate with reduced staffing due to the Reconciliation Day Public Holiday in Canberra. Our search and rescue team will continue to operate during this time.
You can use this form to obtain an alteration certificate.
The builder’s certificate must be completed by the ship builder.
Surveyors can use this form to make a report on the testing and examination of derricks and cranes.
You can use this Commonwealth provided template to make a declaration under the Statutory Declarations Act 1959.
This form should be completed by the vessel operator to demonstrate the vessel’s compliance with the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.
You can use this form to make a declaration of ownership and nationality.
You can use this form to make a declaration of transfer.
You can use this form to make a declaration of transmission of ownership by operation of law.
Surveyors – use this form to report on a fuel tank inspection on a domestic commercial vessel.
Surveyors – use this form to report on an inclining experiment for a domestic commercial vessel.
You can use this form as the owner of a domestic commercial vessel to authorise the release of vessel records to yourself as owner of the vessel or an accredited marine surveyor for the
You can use this form to notify us of your intention to ship dangerous goods.
You can use this form to make a notice of appointment of a registered agent (ship's manager).
You can use this form to notify AMSA of the change of ownership for an Australian coded distress beacon.
You can use this form to notify AMSA of your intention to hold a demonstration of a distress signal or device (eg flares) that could be mistaken for a real distress situation.
You can use this form to complete a Radiocommunications equipment survey.