Summary of marine incidents in 2022

Trends in reporting

In 2022, AMSA received a total of 5159 marine incident reports and 404 marine safety concerns from foreign-flagged vessels, Regulated Australian Vessels (RAVs) and Domestic Commercial Vessels (DCVs).

Marine incident reporting has increased in the last few years. In 2022 there was a 10.1% increase in reports received from 2021. 

Figure 1 shows the total marine incidents reported by commercial vessels operating within Australia’s maritime jurisdiction, or in preparation to enter Australia’s maritime jurisdiction,⁵ between 2018 and 2022⁶.

Footnotes

^5. Whilst foreign-flagged vessels are required to report marine incidents to AMSA when they occur within Australian waters, AMSA often receives reports from foreign flagged vessels in all stages of their journey to or from Australian ports. Unless otherwise noted, incidents reported by foreign flagged vessels are not limited to Australian waters.

^6. Note that DCVs are excluded from 2018 in Figure 1 as per footnote 1.