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- Safety Lessons from Marine Incident Investigation (AMSA Report) – No.7 – May 2022Passenger sustains injury from poorly rigged gangway.Last updated: 05/25/2022
- Safety Lessons from Marine Incident Investigation (AMSA Report) No.29 – June 2024Fatigue puts fishing vessel on the rocksLast updated: 06/24/2024
- Consultation Report – Marine Order 27 (Safety of navigation and radio equipment) reissueThis feedback report summarises submissions we received on the proposed changes to Marine Order 27.Last updated: 12/13/2023
- Safety Lessons from Marine Incident Investigation (AMSA Report) No.25 – February 2024Passenger vessel fire and evacuation.Last updated: 03/14/2024
- Have your say—proposed changes to Marine Order 504 (safety management systems)We welcome your feedback on proposed changes to Marine Order 504 relating to safety management systems.Last updated:
- Exemption 17 - Marine Safety (Great Barrier Reef Region and Torres Strait zone)This exemption allows people to work as a master or chief mate on a vessel operating in the Great Barrier Reef or Torres Strait Zone or from a Queensland island without the required certificate.Last updated: 07/24/2025
- Safety Lessons from Marine Incident Investigation (AMSA Report) No.15 – January 2023Rope entanglement while setting cray pots results in person overboard.Last updated: 02/07/2023
- Safety Lessons from Marine Incident Investigation (Company Report) – No.2 – December 2021Master distraction leads to vessel grounding during sea trialsLast updated: 04/03/2023
Celebrating World Maritime Day 2024: 'Navigating the Future: Safety First!'Today, AMSA proudly celebrates World Maritime Day 2024 alongside the International Maritime Organization (IMO).Last updated: 09/26/2024
Owner or operator who wants to check safety equipment requirementsUse the My Boat application to understand and comply with safety equipment requirements, for your domestic commercial vesselLast updated: 02/08/2021- Changes to safety management system requirements from 1 June 2025Update your SMS to make sure your vessel complies.Last updated: 01/06/2025
- Exemption 7 - Marine Safety (Temporary operations) (effective 1 March 2025)This exemption is for owners and accredited marine surveyors of domestic commercial vessels (DCVs) who need to be able to operate temporarily without having the required certificates.Last updated: 02/27/2025
- Wheelhouse visibility, escape, accommodation and personal safety – NSCV Part C1Latest standards for wheelhouse visibility, emergency escapes, crew and passenger accommodation, and personal safety on domestic commercial vessels. Includes updated requirements for evacuation, signage and preventing falls overboard.Last updated: 09/01/2025
- Consultation feedback report: Proposed changes to Exemption 24 - Marine Safety (Emergency service vessels) 2025Read a summary of results from the consultation on Exemption 24 - Marine Safety (Emergency service vessels) and download a copy of the full report.Last updated: 04/09/2025
- Maritime Safety Awareness bulletin issue 12—Managing mental health at seaIn Issue 12, read about how the situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on seafarer mental health and wellbeing and ways of managing mental health at sea.Last updated: 06/20/2023
- Global maritime distress and safety systems radio operator’s certificate of recognitionThis international certificate allows you to work as a radio operator on an Australian registered vessel.Last updated: 07/01/2024
- AMSA 1003Verification tool (Class 4) for domestic commercial vessel safety management systems (form 1003)
On 1 June 2025, we introduced new requirements for safety management systems (SMS).
Last updated: 10/16/2025 - Exemption 6 - Marine Safety (Periodic survey, equipment certification, compass adjustment and liferaft servicing)This exemption allows DCV owners an extension of time for obtaining periodic or load line surveys, or a new certificate of currency for equipment. It also allows them to operate without required compass adjustments or while a liferaft is being serviced.Last updated:
- Consultation—draft Marine Order 31 (SOLAS and vessel safety certification) 2019Consultation on marine order 31 is closed.Last updated: 09/13/2023
Consultation feedback report now available: Changes to safety management system requirementsThe report outlining the feedback from the recent consultation on proposed changes to Marine Order 504 (Certificates of operation and operation requirements – national law) 2018 (Marine Order 504)Last updated: 02/29/0024