Most services for operators and crew of domestic commercial vessels are now provided by us instead of Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure.

On the morning 28 June 1999, a discharge occurred from an offshore loading connection to the Mobil Port Stanvac Refinery in South Australia.

Guidance on crewing of domestic commercial vessels as per Schedule 1 Clause 6 - Appropriate crewing and Clause 8 - Minimum crewing of Marine Order 504 (Certificates of operation - national law) 2024. Schedule 1 applies to all vessels other than class 4 vessels.

You may be able to operate temporarily below the minimum crewing requirements that apply to your vessel.

Find out if you can get an equivalent certificate for your New Zealand engineering certificate of competency.

Find out what safety checks you need to do before carrying a fishery observer onboard. 

Read a summary of results from the 2024 consultation on Marine Order 91 and download a copy of the full report.

There are laws against ship sourced pollution and those responsible may be prosecuted under state or territory legislation.

This guidance assists the offshore oil and gas industry in understanding the intent of marine order 47 (Offshore industry units), made under the Navigation Act 2012.

Contains three charts of uniform waypoints for the Great Barrier Reef—Hydrographers passage.

The Pacific Quest was found guilty of discharging an oily mixture from a ship into the sea near Border Island, Queensland on 25 December 2002.

Highlights the importance of maintaining rescue boats in good working order ready for immediate use

In rough weather, early in the morning of 24 May, about 50 containers were lost overboard from the Singapore-flagged container ship APL England. Read our regular updates.

Using an advanced under keel clearance management (UKCM) system will reduce your chances of running aground.

The 2019-20 Australian Vessel Traffic Services Award was awarded to Warren Bath, VTS Operator at Hay Point, Queensland, for his coordination of an incident involving a bulk carrier.

Find out how domestic commercial vessels (DCVs) performed on safety, crew training, incident reporting and more during our focussed inspections campaign on towage operations.

AMSA surveyors will be using the checklist below when inspecting ships as part of our planned maintenance focused inspection campaign.

Learn how non-shipborne AIS units are managed and find out what’s required to apply to operate a base station or AtoN in Australia.