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The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has found that more than 50 per cent of the distress beacons activated in the Torres Strait region in the last 12 months were a result of accidental or unintentional activations.

China’s largest and most advanced search and rescue vessel is visiting Australian shores this week on its first international voyage.

Authorities and industry education are collaborating to help improve the safety of commercial fishing operations in remote areas of Far North Queensland.

The national regulator for commercial vessel operations in Australia, including commercial crabbers and bait fishers, is calling for industry feedback on a proposal to provide alternative safety equipment requirements for small fishing vessels operating in warm waters close to shore.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is inviting commercial vessel owners and operators to provide feedback on proposed levy models to recover costs associated with AMSA's delivery of services under the National System for Domestic Commercial Vessel Safety.

A dozen of Darwin’s State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers will be trained in air search observation with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) this weekend (3-4 August).

The waters off the North Queensland coast will be a hive of activity next week as the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) runs a series of training exercises.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) has assisted the Port Moresby Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC Port Moresby) in the rescue of 15 people from their banana boat overnight in the Bougainville group of islands.

The owner of a dilapidated barge convicted and fined $5,500 in Sydney Magistrates Court.

Five people were rescued from an upturned boat after a beacon activation sparked a search and rescue operation coordinated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on Wednesday evening.

A group of five people were winched to safety after their aluminium vessel capsized en route from Great Keppel Island to Yeppoon in Queensland on Australia Day.

From 1 January 2021, float-free emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) will be mandatory on certain types of commercial vessel.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, 23 October, AMSA coordinated the rescue of four people from their sinking vessel about 90 kilometres north-east of Townsville.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) coordinated the rescue of four fishermen from mangroves near Derby in Western Australia on Monday.

Fremantle’s Flying Angel Club was announced the winner of the prestigious Seafarers’ Centre of the Year Award at the International Labour Organization in Geneva on Monday night.

Gold Coast company, GC Princess Boatshare Pty Ltd, has been found guilty of operating a domestic commercial vessel unlawfully and fined $20,000 in the Southport Magistrates Court on Monday, 3 August 2020.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) was advised this morning by the Aurora Australis that the ship will not be able to reach the MV Akademik Shokalskiy.

New national standards for domestic commercial vessels covering crew competencies and operations have been unanimously agreed by the Standing Council of Transport and Infrastructure.

In an exciting first for Indigenous boat owners and operators, the Northern Territory and Australian Governments are working together to implement the Northern Territory Indigenous Maritime Safety Initiative (NTIMSI).