If you’ve had your float-free Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) for 2 years or more, it’s time to give it the attention it deserves. Regular maintenance could make all the difference in an emergency situation.
This report summarises our port State control activities and reports on the performance of commercial shipping companies, flag States and Classification Societies for the 2006 calendar year.
The report provides a detailed description of AMSA's operations during the year as well as the financial statements and the Auditor-General's report on those financial statements.
This report summarises our port State control activities and reports on the performance of commercial shipping companies, flag States and Classification Societies for the 2013 calendar year.
From the 23 December 2023, the updated Marine Order 11 (Living and working conditions on vessels) (MO11) including new amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) will come into effect.
This Report on the 2012 review of the National Plan to combat pollution of the sea outlines the outcomes of the Review as agreed by the National Plan Management Committee at its meeting in July 2012.
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.
The 2015-16 year has been yet another busy period for National Plan stakeholders. In July 2015 an oil spill occurred 30 nautical miles from Cape Upstart, in the Whitsunday region, which affected a number of Queensland beaches.