When:     16 May 2024, 11:30am – 3:30pm
Location:     East Fremantle Yacht Club, WA
Register to attend online or in person.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority, WISTA Australia, and the Nautical Institute invite you to attend an International Day for Women in Maritime 2024 panel discussion about the future of the maritime workforce.  

Presenters and panellists

Captain John Lloyd RD MBA FNI, CEO of The Nautical Institute, will provide an introduction.

Jillian Carson-Jackson M.Ed FNI FRIN, Managing Director of JCJ Consulting, will lead our panellists:

• Michaela Moss, Senior Manager Marine Compliance & Training Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd
• Captain John Lloyd RD MBA FNI, CEO of The Nautical Institute
• Michelle Booth, Lead Investigator at AMSA
• Lisa Williamson, Manager Operations, Outer Port, Port of Fremantle.

Monika Lemajic, WISTA president, will make closing remarks.

Discussion and networking

Discussion will be around how the maritime industry can shape the future of the maritime workforce by creating safe and inclusive workplaces, followed by breakout discussions and networking. The focus for discussions will be strategies and case studies relating to practical approaches to creating workplaces that are gender inclusive.  

Beyond physical safety considerations, our discussions will also explore avenues for creating psychologically safe workplaces.  

Build valuable relationships and exchange ideas to further promote diversity and inclusivity within our industry by connecting with peers, mentors, and leaders in the maritime industry during the networking session.  

Join us

If the 2023 International Day for Women in Maritime Day event in Newcastle was anything to go by, you won’t want to miss out! 

Register to attend

Note: International Day for Women in Maritime is on 18 May but we are holding our event on 16 May.

We are excited to sponsor the 47th Interferry conference, this year being held in Hobart from 4-8 November. Interferry is the longest running international event devoted to the ferry industry.

It focusses on issues that are important to both large and small operators within the ferry industry. 

Date: 4-8 November  2023

Location: Hobart, Tasmania 

We will talk about changes to Marine Order 504. This includes information on risk assessments, crewing and safety management systems.

Date: Wednesday 2 August 2023

Time: 10am

Duration: Approx. 2 hours

Location: Whitsunday Sailing Club Lecture Room

We encourage owners, masters and crew to attend. It is an opportunity to learn about the recent changes, ask questions and talk with AMSA staff on this and other marine safety issues.

Call our Airlie Beach AMSA office, 07 3001 6862 for more information.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Want more information on the changes to MO 504? Read through all the details on our campaign hub, Revised Marine Order 504, Changes to operational safety requirements from 1 August 2023.

AMSA is proud to sponsor the annual conference of MLAANZ, to be held in Perth from 4-6 October.  AMSA’s Executive Director Response, Mark Morrow, will talk about his role as Australia’s Maritime Emergency Response Commander (MERCOM).

​MLAANZ is an association of more than 500 members from Australia and New Zealand and several other countries. Its members include lawyers and judges, academics, representatives of major exporters, shipping companies, port operators, ship, cargo and liability insurers and government and defence force representatives.

MLAANZ was established in 1974 with the goals of:

• advancing reforms in the maritime law and to facilitate justice in its administration
• providing a forum for the discussion of problems affecting the maritime law and its administration 
• acting with foreign and other associations to reform maritime and commercial law, maritime customs, usages and practices, and a allow greater harmony in the shipping laws, regulations and practices of different nations. 

Date: 4-6 October 2023 

Location: Perth, WA

AMSA is sponsoring the 2023 Shellfish Futures Conference, organised by Oysters Tasmania, the peak body for Tasmanian shellfish growers and hatcheries.

The Tasmanian shellfish industry produces more than 36 million Pacific Oysters each year and is a major contributor to the Tasmanian economy.

The conference will see farmers, vessel owners and operators and other industry stakeholders come together to discuss current issues in the sector.

Date: 7-8 September 2023

Location: Smithton, Tasmania

AMSA is a partner sponsor for this event.

AMSA speakers will be CEO Mick Kinley and Manager Response Planning, Jamie Storrie. 

Dates: 11-14 September 2023  

Location: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

These prestigious awards are in recognition of outstanding contribution to search and rescue within the Australian region during the current financial year period 1 July 2022-30 June 2023. 

The awards are open to individuals, groups or organisations that have made a significant contribution to search and rescue in Australia and deserve recognition at a national level. 

Any person or organisation can nominate candidates for the Australian SAR Awards 

AMSA provides Secretariat support for the National Search and Rescue Council. 

Date:
19 October 2023 

Location: 
Salamanca Inn, Hobart  
10 Gladstone St, Battery Point TAS 7004 

AMSA is proud to sponsor this gala dinner and fundraiser to recognise the vital work of Mission to Seafarers (MTS) Newcastle chapter over the last 150 years.

As a worldwide charity, Mission to Seafarers stands alongside 1.6 million men and women in 260 ports around the world.

The charity supports seafarers by connecting them with loved ones, providing medical, welfare and chaplaincy services, and working with governments to improve conditions for seafarers in accordance with international maritime legislation. 

Date:
1 September 2023 

Location:
Newcastle, NSW  

We are holding risk assessment workshops in Queensland for commercial fishers.

These free in-person workshops will provide information and guidance on lifejacket wear requirements that must now be addressed in your safety management system’s risk assessment in accordance with the revised Marine Order 504 (Certificates of operation and operation requirements - national law).

We recognise that every fishing operation is unique, as is the circumstances under which you should and shouldn’t be wearing a lifejacket, and if so, what type will be the safest option. That’s why we want to enable you to identify these as part of your risk assessment.

Each workshop will focus on a selected fishery or fisheries and consider regional factors. They will help fishers work together to determine what works best for each type of operation. Their aim is not to cover every fishery in every port, but to sample a range of different fisheries, fishing techniques, crewing arrangements, vessel types, voyage lengths and environments.

The outcomes of these workshops will be made available to other commercial vessel operators to look at when planning their own risk assessments.

Dates and location:

• Workshops complete

Past events

• Townsville, East Coast (North) Trawl, 2pm, Monday 18 December 2023
• Ayr, East Coast Net and Mud Crab, 1pm, Tuesday 14 November 2023
• Bowen, Coral Reef Line and Spanish Mackerel, 2pm, Monday 13 November 2023
• Mooloolaba, Oceanic/Spanner Crab, 2pm, Friday 3 November 2023
• Karumba, Gulf of Carpentaria Inshore Net and Mud Crab, Thursday 12 October 2023
  (part of the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial Fishermen’s Association Annual General Meeting)
• Bundaberg, East Coast (South) Trawl, 10am, Tuesday 26 September 2023 (registration closed)
• Mooloolaba, East Coast (South) Trawl, 10am, Wednesday 27 September 2023 (registration closed)
• Thursday Island, Torres Strait Tropical Rock Lobster, 2pm, Wednesday 4 October 2023 (registration closed)