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From the 31 May 2020, any domestic commercial vessel that carries passengers must meet new requirements for passenger safety.

From February 2022 AMSA will complete the transition to more durable, secure and portable certificates of competency for all seafarer certifications with the addition of the new plastic credit-card sized certificates of competency for masters, mates and engineers.

This week, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) will extend its suite of plastic credit card sized seafarer certificates, designed to be more durable and secure than traditional paper certificates.

From 1 January 2018, domestic commercial vessel (DCV) owners can make certain changes to their 'existing vessel' without having to meet all the standards that apply to a 'new vessel'. Eligible vessels will become a 'transitional vessel'.

The information you provide in your incident report plays an important part in guiding the way we improve maritime safety for everybody on the water.

The information you provide in your incident report plays an important part in guiding the way we improve maritime safety for everybody on the water.

Seafarers work under some of the toughest conditions, facing daily challenges like no other workplace.

Our new Diversity and inclusion plan 2019-22 outlines our commitment to increase workforce diversity and inclusion to maximise employee wellbeing and productivity going forward.

The online payment portal on the AMSA website will be unavailable from 5:00 pm on Thursday 13 April 2023 AEST to 8:00 am on Monday 17 April 2023. This outage is due to an upgrade to AMSA's

We're rolling out stories from people who are making a difference at our new People in maritime page.

Tongan student inspired to influence positive change for women in the maritime industry internationally.

We have published another article in our series of people in maritime.

If you receive an automated call pretending to be from AMSA-it is a scam. We do not use automated calling.

The Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) is the first entity to be appointed as a vessel traffic services VTS) authority under the provisions of the Navigation Act 2012 and Marine Order 64 (Vessel traffic services) 2013.

A team of quick-thinking and resourceful professionals from Ports Victoria (formerly with Victorian Ports Corporation Melbourne) Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) have been awarded a prestigious honour for their outstanding efforts to avert a maritime crisis.

We have published a safety alert following the investigation into the loss of the passenger vessel Conception.

Watch now — information session on the proposed amendments to safety management system (SMS) requirements (MO504)

7 contracts have been awarded under the new regional model for maintenance.