Sudden vessel movement resulting in master incapacitation highlights onboard safety risks

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

A hire vessel capsized after it was beached on a sandbank in a designated no-go area. The incident shows why hirers and participants must follow safety briefings and emergency plans.

New body worn cameras for AMSA frontline staff increases safety and transparency.

AMSA port State control inspectors will be using the checklist below when inspecting ships as part of our cargo securing focused inspection campaign. Use this checklist to prepare for the inspection, and to help you ensure your cargo is secure. Below is a sample of the focused inspection campaign checklist.

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

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

Shipping containers lost from ships are a cause of pollution in the marine environment.

This safety lesson describes how experienced Queensland prawn trawl fisher, Tony Sterling, developed an inpull winch that pulls in both sides of the trawl gear at the same time. The winch has delivered major safety benefits because crew no longer need to go out onto the booms.

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.

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

Knowledge of regulations and duties will help you navigate safely on the seas.

How to calculate your sea service before you apply for a sea service assessment.

This safety alert aims to raise awareness of the risks involved with the carriage of battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) on roll-on, roll-off (RORO) ferries.

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.

Most services for operators and crew of domestic commercial vessels are now provided by us instead of Transport Safety Victoria.

South Australia hosted the 2017 National Plan Exercise from 5 to 7 December in Adelaide.