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

Our organisation has observed that a number of Administrations are issuing dispensations to ships where a defect has occurred to a critical piece of equipment. There are differing circumstances where we will and will not accept the dispensation.

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

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.

Find out if the vessel you own or operate under a boat-share agreement is a domestic commercial vessel.

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.

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

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.

AMSA approved training organisations delivering Continued competence (Certificate of Safety Training) (COST).

At approximately 5.30 am WA time on Friday 21 August 2009 the Montara Wellhead mobile drilling unit, located 140 miles offshore from the north-west Australian coast, had an uncontrolled release of hydrocarbons from one of the platform wells. Consequently oil escaped to the surface and gaseous hydrocarbons escaped into the atmosphere.

This feedback report summarises submissions we received on the proposed changes to Marine Order 27.

A master acted quickly when a passenger deliberately jumped into the water while the vessel was berthing.

If you submit an incomplete application, we will not progress your application for a domestic commercial vessel permission or approval.

Our senior management team runs the day-to-day operations and keeps our Board informed.

Operators of Regulated Australian Vessels (RAV) and Foreign Vessels, as well as the shippers of livestock, have obligations when loading and transporting livestock from Australia.

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