The purpose of this Marine Notice is to remind those who own, operate or are on board Australian ships, about offences under Australian sanction laws. It presents information prepared by the Australian Sanctions Office.
The North-East Shipping Management Plan identifies actions based on information about the nature of shipping activity in the north-east region as well as the experience and knowledge of members of the North-East Water Space Management Working Group.
This exemption allows eligible people to work on a domestic commercial vessel operating from a Queensland island or in the Great Barrier Reef or Torres Strait Zone without the required certificate of competency.
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.
As a regulatory body, we are required to publish a range of information about our functions and how we carry them out. We do this under the information publication scheme.