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Our search and rescue incidents from 2018–19.

Use an Australian seafarers service book (ASSB) to keep a record of your sea service on an Australian or international vessel in international waters.

In this edition we talk about recent surveyor audits.

This applies to approved Registered training organisations (RTOs) delivering International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping training leading to a certificate of competency.

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

This safety lesson describes how experienced Queensland prawn trawl fisher, Tony Sterling, developed an inpull winch that pulls in both sides of the trawl gear at the same time. The winch has delivered major safety benefits because crew no longer need to go out onto the booms.

In this edition we talk about audits and application assessments, compass adjustment requirements, uncrewed barges and more.

Our search and rescue incidents from 2013–14.

A fire occurred on a passenger vessel in a busy harbour. The master and crew took immediate action and followed emergency procedures to disembark and transfer 73 passengers safely to another ferry. The vessel’s structural and fixed firefighting systems worked effectively to contain and extinguish the fire.

These guidelines aim to assist small1 DCV operations to undertake a risk assessment as part of the vessel’s safety management system.

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.

Being a seafarer can be demanding at the best of times.

We administer the national law, regulations and marine orders in implementing the national system.

Most services for operators and crew of domestic commercial vessels are now provided by us instead of Marine and Safety Tasmania.

These general exemptions are now superseded or repealed. Superseded and repealed exemptions may affect how the national system works for you.

Shipping containers lost from ships are a cause of pollution in the marine environment.