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The Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) was informed early this morning that both the Akademik Shokalskiy and the Xue Long have managed to break free from heavy ice in Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica.

Did you know that more than 350 lighthouses populate Australia’s coastlines? The Australian Maritime Safety Authority maintains more than 300 of these operational lighthouses and a further 200 other aids to navigation.

A man in his 20s has been issued a $2,040 infringement notice after deliberately jumping from a moving CityCat into the Brisbane River on Sunday, 23 February.

A group of State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers from the Broome area will be trained in air search observation with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) this weekend (19-20 July 2014).

Eighteen of Cairns State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers will be trained in air search observation with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) this weekend (31 August—1 September).

The AMSA led operation to recover containers lost from the YM Efficiency off the NSW coast is complete.

Coral Princess Cruises has been fined $180,000 following the death of a crewman after he was trapped by a powered door while working on Oceanic Discoverer in 2009.

A group of Northern Territory Emergency Service (NTES) volunteers from the Darwin area will be trained in air search observation with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) this weekend (2-3 August 2014).

The rescue of two survivors from an ultralight aircraft forced to ditch in the Banks Strait, 102 kilometres north-east of Launceston, highlights the vital need for distress beacons and safety preparedness.

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

A fisherman is lucky to be alive after spending more than 12 hours in the water in the Gulf of Carpentaria today when his boat capsized.

The salvage operation of a fishing trawler Joseph M which ran aground near Lady Elliot Island has been successfully completed over night.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is advising 121.5MHz distress beacon owners to dispose of their outdated beacons appropriately and switch to 406MHz beacons after four false alarms over the past seven days.

Four recreational spear fishers were rescued this morning after their 4.8 metre vessel capsized and sank off Broughton Island, near Port Stephens, New South Wales soon after setting out on a fishing trip.

A two-way shipping route in Queensland's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and Torres Strait has been formalised by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and will be in effect from 1 December 2014.

Last week Australia hosted the Fourth Pacific Regional Maritime Search and Rescue workshop in Cairns.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and the Tangaroa Blue Foundation (Tangaroa Blue) have joined forces to prevent marine debris from ships.

One of Victoria’s oldest and most significant lighthouses, the Gabo Island Lighthouse, turns 150 today.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) jointly hosted a workshop in Townsville, Australia from 21 to 23 August 2012 with the aim of increasing protection of marine environments in the Pacific region.