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.

The cargo ship Pacific Adventurer lost upwards of 270 tonnes of heavy fuel oil when holed on its port side while en route to Brisbane from Newcastle.

The purpose of this notice is to remind vessel owners, operators and masters of:

In this edition we talk about Marine Surveyor Accreditation Guidance Manual – Part 2 , we include a Case Study about Compliance action on an AMS’s accreditation and decks on domestic commercial vessels

Australia’s first recorded major oil spill occurred on Saturday 28 November 1903 in Port Phillip Bay.

Our search and rescue incidents from 2017–18.

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

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.

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.

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The short-term measure under the MARPOL Convention requires ships engaged on international voyages to make improvements to deliver a reduction in their carbon intensity by an average of at least 40% by 2030 (compared to 2008 levels), in line with the target set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

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.

How to comply with low sulphur fuel requirements.

Accredited government and private surveyors, and recognised organisations who are qualified to conduct surveys on domestic commercial vessels.

A summary of discharge standards under MARPOL and local regulations if you are operating your vessel in Australian waters.

AMSA no longer publishes static information on ship detentions on its website, this information is freely available and searchable through Tokyo MOU website databases.

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

Our search and rescue incidents from 2016–17.

In this edition we explain about National Law audits,