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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Find safety equipment guides for class 1, 2 and 3 vessels that hold a certificate of survey.

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

This marine notice supersedes Marine Notice 10/2022.

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Ships that are not operated and managed to meet applicable standards, and relevant Australian laws, pose an increased risk to seafarers, other ships and the marine environment. These ships may be refused access or granted conditional entry to Australian ports

This safety alert provides guidance to operators of domestic commercial vessels (DCVs) on risks associated with safety management systems inadequately considering electrical systems and other potential fire hazards.

This edition outlines an upcoming campaign on plan approval documentation and fire safety, initial survey recommendations and more.

You have a responsibility not to pollute the sea, and to be aware of the laws about oil and garbage pollution from vessels, including fishing vessels.

This page contains a list of past changes to Marine Orders and International Maritime Organization (IMO) resolutions.

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

Ships registered on the Australian general shipping register have Australian nationality.

A guide to help domestic commercial marine adventure tourism operators develop their safety management systems (SMS)

A safety management system (also referred to as an SMS) is a systematic approach to managing safety.

Transfer, suspend or revoke a certificate or approval for a domestic commercial vessel. You may need to transfer the certificate or approval when you sell or purchase a vessel.