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This exemption is relevant to owners of domestic commercial vessels who want flexibility as to when their vessel undergoes periodic or load line surveys, or more time to obtain a new certificate of currency for equipment, or to operate their vessel without compass adjustments that would otherwise be required.

This exemption is for owners and accredited marine surveyors of domestic commercial vessels who need to be able to operate temporarily without having the required certificates.

The purpose of Exercise Northerly was to identify areas for improvement in our response to maritime environmental emergencies.

Exercise Van Diemen was conducted under the National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and Other Noxious and Hazardous Substances in Tasmania with an oil spill scenario situated in the Mersey River in Devonport.

Exercise Westwind was the National Plan exercise for 2015. Exercise Westwind comprised two distinct phases.

This marine order was repealed on 1 November 2019 and has been captured in Marine Order 47. Requirements for floating production, storage and offshore facilities, and floating storage units.

This report presents an analysis of Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) complaints, compliance and follow up actions undertaken in Australia.

In Issue 12, read about how the situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on seafarer mental health and wellbeing and ways of managing mental health at sea.

In issue 13, read about how container loss affects the environment and what measures should be taken to prevent it from happening.

Fatigue is a safety hazard: it needs to be managed.

The Modernised Australian Ship Tracking and Reporting System as described in Marine Order 63 Vessel Reporting Systems is used to track the location of vessels.

This guide assists vessel owners, seafarers and their representative organisations in understanding how Australia is implementing the Maritime Labour Convention.