The Sylvan Arrow was found guilty of discharging an oily mixture into the sea west of Wilson’s Promontory, Victoria on 18 December 1999.

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Exercise Barossa was a biannual oil spill response exercise conducted in Adelaide under our National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and Other Noxious and Hazardous Substances.

In this safety lesson, veteran trawl fisher Mark Millward explains what he has learned from involvement in person overboard incidents. Mark has operated in the Queensland East Coast and Torres Strait Prawn Trawl Fisheries for over 40 years.

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Get your Engineer certificate of competency revalidated before it expires.

In rough weather, early in the morning of 24 May, about 50 containers were lost overboard from the Singapore-flagged container ship APL England. Read our regular updates.

Get your Rating certificate of proficiency revalidated before it expires.

A list of all our approved short courses.

We are committed to nurturing your development and helping you reach your goals.

The content of the Engineer cadet program including certificate and short courses, qualifying sea service and medical fitness.

Find local suppliers of fuel oil in Western Australia.

We are responsible for providing navigational systems and services to facilitate the safe and efficient navigation of ships within Australian waters.

An unexpected wind-shift during parasailing operations caused 2 airborne passengers to contact the water at speed. They were recovered by the vessel and returned to shore. Both passengers later informed the operator that they had sustained injuries during the event. The owner then failed to report this as a marine incident to us.

Our regulatory program is prepared annually and contains details of planned and completed changes to our regulatory instruments.

Find out how you obtain your unique vessel identifier and how to display it correctly.