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Cruise ship, PV Orion, has successfully recovered a solo sailor who had spent 56 hours in a life raft in the Southern Ocean after his yacht was de-masted in rough weather last week.

A Darwin boatie was lucky to be rescued on Tuesday after using an obsolete 121.5 MHz distress beacon no longer detected by satellite.

Fifteen people have been rescued from a burning vessel about 670km west of Carnarvon this morning.

Four Indonesian fishermen were recovered from a makeshift life raft this morning, after eight days adrift in remote waters of the Timor Sea.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority coordinated the search and rescue of five people off the central Queensland coast this morning.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Hong Kong flagged bulk carrier Five Stars Fujian from Australian ports for 12 months.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has coordinated the rescue of four people who abandoned a yacht after it grounded north of Beachport, South Australia.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has successfully prosecuted the operator and master of a Gold Coast charter boat for maritime offences under the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012.

The civil jet and Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion tasked by AMSA to locate the source of an emergency distress beacon signal have not been able to locate the vessel associated with the beacon. Grave concerns are held for the crew.

Highlighting the trials of life on the ocean, battling piracy, shipwrecks and separation, a South Australian couple are providing a safe harbour for the men and women who crew the world’s large cargo ships.

A seriously injured cray fisherman was winched to safety overnight in high seas off Israelite Bay in Western Australia in a search and rescue operation coordinated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).

Two men were lucky to escape with only minor injuries after their helicopter suffered engine failure on Saturday, 22 November.

The AMSA search for any sign of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been shifted to an area north following advice from the ATSB.

Marine safety in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula area is getting a boost with the donation of 1400 children’s lifejackets as part of the Torres Strait Marine Safety Program (TSMSP) School Based Maritime Safety Education Project.

AMSA responded to a beacon activation south of Cairns yesterday. Authorities found an overturned dinghy in the surf zone off Palmer Point. A man and his dog were found and r

Century-old maritime laws will be replaced with new requirements for commercial seafarers and vessels with the commencement of the Navigation Act 2012 and Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012 today.