Discharges into the sea from a vessel of oil, oily water, decant water, or water emanating from an oily water separator is strictly regulated under Australian maritime law.
AMSA has arrangements in place to enable specified positions within the organisation to exercise a function, power or duty assigned to the Chief Executive Officer under marine safety and environmental protection of the sea legislation.
This exercise reviewed the effectiveness of a combined Commonwealth, Victorian and industry marine pollution response to a tied 3 pollution incident in Victorian state waters.
Find policies and requirements for registered training organisations to obtain AMSA approval for International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) training.
Contingency planning for oil spill debris disposal before an incident and environmentally and technologically sound disposal of oil spill debris is essential for minimising the environmental damage
Under the National Plan, we have marine pollution response equipment positioned in strategic locations around Australia to support response to an incident.
This report presents an analysis of MLC complaints, compliance and follow up actions undertaken by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) in Australia. The data represents 2020 statistics, with a comparison to the previous four years.
The National Compliance Plan gives regulated maritime industries and our compliance partners insight into the compliance areas we will focus our efforts on during 2022-23.