Consultation on Marine Order 44 closed on 1 March 2019.

Instructions for accredited surveyors to conduct surveys and inspections of domestic commercial vessels.

The Maritine Agencies Forum (MAF) provides a forum for collaboration on maritime safety and other issues.

Provides advice on the strategic priorities set against four themes that are likely to challenge us and the industry.

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 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.

For seafarers who want to work as a qualified rating in both the deck and engine departments on vessels operating under the STCW Convention.

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We are seeking service providers to deliver Level 2 Emergency Towage Capability (ETC2) services as part of our national maritime emergency response network.

A charter vessel transiting between research sites at night collided with a stationary vessel. The stationary vessel’s master claimed to have an anchor light on, but the crew of the charter vessel stated they did not see any navigation lights. The master of the stationary vessel was preparing food on the vessel at the time and may have obstructed the anchor light view from the charter vessel’s crew. The master of the charter vessel was found to have been operating at high speed given the conditions (night operations). This also rendered the lookout ineffective.

Read a summary of results from the consultation on Marine order 16 (MO16) and Marine order 19 (MO19) and download a copy of the full report.

Search for a registered ship on the Australian General and International Shipping Registers.