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

The National Plan uses a risk based approach to reduce the impact of maritime environment emergencies.

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

Under Marine Order 503 a transitional vessel is an existing vessel that has: 

From 1 July 2018, new survey requirements for domestic commercial vessels apply. This includes changes to marine order 503 to apply the new periodic survey requirements to all vessels required to be in survey—existing, transitional and new vessels.

You need full ownership history to register a vessel. If you don’t have this information, you must submit a notice of intention to register a vessel to AMSA.

Getting hooked-up is one of the most dangerous situations you can experience on a trawler. Be prepared. Knowing what you and your crew need to do can save lives.

In this edition we talk about audits and application assessments, compass adjustment requirements, uncrewed barges and more.

In this safety lesson, veteran trawl fisher Mark Millward explains what he has learned from involvement in person overboard incidents. Mark has operated in the Queensland East Coast and Torres Strait Prawn Trawl Fisheries for over 40 years.

We charge fees for evaluating and approving courses that are delivered by Registered training organisations.

This marine notice aims to raise awareness of the risks involved with getting on and off vessels.

This applies to approved Registered training organisations (RTOs) delivering International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping training leading to a certificate of competency.

Learn what you need to do to prepare for and take your oral exam.

Find out about the process of obtaining a near coastal certificate.

1. The criteria for the issue to a person of a trainee pilot licence are that the person: (a)  is entitled to work in Australia; and (b)  holds: 

Operators and crew of these types of operations face unique safety challenges and risk.

Carry the type of lifejacket required for your vessel's highest service category. You can choose self-inflating, manual inflating or foam buoyancy lifejackets.