Expected delays due to Tropical Cyclone Alfred

Australia Post has closed multiple post offices across south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales and have temporarily paused delivery services across these areas.  This will cause delays in the dispatch and delivery of AMSA issued documents such as seafarer certificates.

Between 2019-2022, 29.3% (957) of DCV marine incidents included a technical equipment failure with power propulsion and steering comprising 50.0% (519) of technical occurrence types (Figure 14). 

The majority of power propulsion and steering technical occurrence types (green in Figure 14) in 2022 were main engine and/or gearing failures (50.3%). 

In 2022, 81.6% of vessel system technical occurrence types (yellow) were mooring and anchoring equipment failures. 

The majority of engineering systems occurrence types (light blue) included fuel (28.3%), electrical faults (19.6%) and hydraulic system failures (15.2%). Electrical failures pose a significant concern noting the fire risks associated with faulty electrical systems (Figure 15, Table A6). 

Figure 14 Number of incidents in Top 5 Technical sub-categories, DCV (2019-2022)
Figure 14 Number of incidents in Top 5 Technical sub-categories, DCV (2019-2022)
Figure 15 Top 11 Technical occurrence types with sub-category (2022)
Figure 15 Top 11 Technical occurrence types with sub-category (2022)