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.
- January 2025
There were 110 reported incidents involving domestic commercial vessels in January 2025. Of these, 7 were serious and 1 was very serious.
Very serious and serious incidents containing sensitive information or information that may identify individual persons or vessels have not been included below.
STATE VESSEL TYPE INCIDENT NSW Class 3 Vessel encountered rogue wave and capsized. Two crew members went overboard without lifejackets and were rescued by helicopter. The vessel was unrecovered. NSW Class 1 Vessel sustained loss of port engine during bar crossing. Passengers were assisted by another vessel. Disabled vessel was towed back to berth. NSW Class 2 Vessel experienced engine failure and was disabled following weather change where the deck became flooded. Vessel was towed back to shore. QLD Class 1 Passenger jumped overboard without a lifejacket during berthing. Passenger swam to shore unassisted. QLD Class 2 Two persons went overboard whilst operating a jet ski. It is unknown if they were wearing lifejackets at the time. One of the passengers was recovered unconscious from the water and was medevacked via ambulance. WA Class 1 Passenger jumped overboard without a lifejacket. Passenger rejoined vessel before disembarking. WA Class 1 Passenger jumped overboard without a lifejacket. Passenger returned to vessel unassisted. WA Class 2 Vessel was assisting with tow when tow line fouled prop, disabling the vessel. Both vessels drifted onto bank and required assistance to refloat.
Last updated: 26 February 2025