AMSA approved training organisations currently delivering the fire prevention and fire fighting—basic training.

Survey passenger vessels with offshore operations Class 1C (with berthed passengers), 2B and 3B, are required to carry a Scale E medical cabinet and a Scale F First aid kit on board.

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

In this edition we explain correct and incorrect use of conditions.

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

On this page you can find copies of previous editions and amendments to the NSCV.

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

Mark Sherriff is a former AMSA lighthouse keeper and recipient of a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to community history.

AMSA is pleased to be a sponsor of the 2023 annual conference of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ), 4-6 October.

Residual current devices minimise the risk of a person receiving an electric shock or being electrocuted when using plug-in electrical equipment on board vessels.

Australian legislative requirements preventing pollution from discharge of garbage.

We are seeking your feedback on proposed changes to Marine Order 47 (Offshore Industry Units).

On 19 November 2020, a class 3B fishing vessel grounded on a beach after the master and two deckhands, fell asleep. The investigation identified that there was no clear procedure for standing watch. Fatigue also contributed to the poor decisions made by the crew around who was supposed to be on watch that morning.

Watch the video of Mark Jacobs who has hung up his snorkel and fins to help save lives across 10 per cent of the Earth’s surface.