We have approved these courses if you want to qualify for a certificate under international training conventions.

Read about the skills and knowledge you’ll learn in a near coastal certificate course.

Tonnages for each Royal Australian Navy (RAN) vessel, current, decommissioned, and under construction.

These fees are for certificates of competency, certificates of operation, certificates of survey, the surveyor accreditation scheme, and National Law exemptions.

The RFL applies to most sea-going vessels operating in Australia. It helps fund the cost of safety activities, such as vessel inspections and surveys.

Australia’s first recorded major oil spill occurred on Saturday 28 November 1903 in Port Phillip Bay.

Download a copy of the requirements for each near coastal certificate.

What you can do with a New Zealand fishing vessel seafarer certificate in Australia.

How to calculate your sea service in trailer hopper suction dredgers operating in ports, inshore and in limited near coastal areas.

Some vessels do not have to be surveyed. Depending on the type of vessel, you may need to apply for approval to operate.

From 1 July 2018, new survey requirements for domestic commercial vessels apply. This includes changes to marine order 503 to apply the new periodic survey requirements to all vessels required to be in survey—existing, transitional and new vessels.

On 28 July 1988, the livestock carrier Al Qurain struck a wharf heavily while berthing in Portland, Victoria and severely ruptured a side fuel tank. An estimated 184 tonnes of fuel oil escaped into Portland Harbour.

Australian legislative requirements preventing pollution from discharge of garbage.

The MNL applies to most commercial vessels operating in Australia. It helps fund the cost of operating and maintaining marine aids to navigation systems.

The 2019-20 Australian Vessel Traffic Services Award was awarded to Warren Bath, VTS Operator at Hay Point, Queensland, for his coordination of an incident involving a bulk carrier.

A deficiency notice uses codes to show non-compliance found during a Port State control (PSC) inspection.

Our search and rescue modules provide background information as well as information about preparation, principles of how to conduct a search and rescue operation and how to respond to specific kinds of emergency.