AMSA and the Bureau of Meteorology provide vessels with maritime safety information (MSI) about hazards and foreseeable dangers to safe navigation through Australia's marine environment.

Our regulatory program is prepared annually and contains details of planned and completed changes to our regulatory instruments

Marine safety agencies deliver essential services across Australia, including local waterways management, environmental oversight, pilotage, navigation aids, ports, harbours and mooring operations, and recreational boating support.

Serious injury to pilot on class 2 vessel in poor weather conditions

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.

AMSA’s invoicing process is changing. From 1 March 2022, all invoices for AMSA must be emailed as a PDF attachment to our new centralised email address (invoices@amsa.gov.au) for automated processing. This will ensure invoices are processed more quickly for payment.

Look out for marine fauna and report any collisions.

Our Board is appointed by the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.

AMSA conducted a focused inspection campaign (FIC) on domestic commercial vessel construction barges from 1 May to 30 June 2022.

Overview of the international and domestic legislation and standards that apply in Australia.

Follow these steps to apply for an initial STCW certificate of competency or certificate of proficiency. Find out what you need to do to meet eligibility requirements, complete training and sea service and submit your application.

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) is the main international convention for addressing ship sourced pollution.

This program of regulatory activities was completed during the 2017–2018 financial year.

Course and study subjects for deck and engineer certificates of recognition.

Feedback from stakeholders about proposed changes to the Marine Surveyors Accreditation Guidance Manual– Part 2 - Survey of vessels – Edition 3 (SAGM 2).

The FOI disclosure list describes the documents disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act, and the date of disclosure.

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.

Our regulatory plan is produced annually and contains planned changes to our regulatory instruments.

Explore key trends and safety insights from reported incidents in our annual reports.