The provision of adequate port waste reception facilities for ship-generated waste is vital to preventing marine pollution.

These are the deficiencies for MARPOL that our inspectors have found.

Guidance for calculating your sea service equivalence if you are a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Rating (specialist seaman department), Maritime Warfare Officer (Maritime Warfare department) or RAN Leading Seaman, Petty Officer, Chief Petty Officer or Warrant Officer (Marine Engineering or Electrical Technical department).

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.

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.

We have offices all around Australia. You can contact our state offices using the details below.

How we process your Certificate of recognition application after it has been submitted.

If you undertake towing operations with your vessel, there are unique risks that you must consider within your risk assessment as part of the safety management system.

Understand the state of the Australian maritime workforce. Find out how many domestic and international seafarers are certificated by AMSA to work in Australia.

Find out about the special arrangements for vessels which meet the definition of ‘tender’ under the national law.

How to calculate and record your sea service for a near coastal certificate of competency.

This marine notice advises vessel owners, vessel operators, masters, officers, seafarer training organisations and industry organisations that AMSA does not consider electronic visual distress signals (EVDs) to be a suitable replacement for pyrotechnic distress signals.

In this edition we talk about recent surveyor audits.

All domestic commercial vessels under the national law are required to meet design, construction, stability and equipment standards.

Learn the differences between general and direct supervision

A timeline of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA’s) involvement in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.