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On 1 December 2016 two new Traffic Separation Schemes (TSS) will come into effect off the south-west coast of Western Australia.

Nominations are open for the annual Australian Search and Rescue Award to recognise Australians who have demonstrated an outstanding contribution to search and rescue.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) will host an impressive on-water display demonstrating Australia's capability to respond to an oil spill tomorrow (Thursday, 11 April) as part of the Asia Pacific oil spill preparedness and response conference Spillcon 2013.

The 68th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) was held in London last week.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority is warning members of the public of the potential dangers posed by toxic canisters that have been reported washing up on Australian beaches.

AMSA has issued a direction to the container ship Vega Auriga (IMO 9347786) that prohibits the ship from using or entering any Australian ports due to repeated breaches relating to seafarer welfare and maintenance of the ship.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority is conducting a rescue of two motorcyclists who are stranded in the Simpson Desert, 440 kilometres south east of Alice Springs.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) restoration of the Charles Point Lighthouse near Darwin is now close to completion.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has become aware of a sophisticated scam, using a falsification of AMSA's crest and stamp to endorse rubber fenders.

Seafarers' welfare, training and qualifications for international and domestic seafarers will be the focus of two forums to be held in Western Australia next week by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

Fishermen, sailors and surf lifesavers are among those to be recognised for their contributions to search and rescue at the Australian Search and Rescue Awards in Melbourne tomorrow evening (17 October).

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority will continue the search and rescue effort throughout the night, following the recovery of 110 survivors from a capsized vessel 120 nautical miles south of Java, Indonesia.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is coordinating a search and rescue operation for a solo sailor who activated his emergency distress beacon 120 nautical miles south of Mallacoota, Victoria.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) continues to coordinate the search and rescue for a solo yachtsman who activated an emergency beacon yesterday morning approximately 270 nautical miles east of Sydney.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has been conducting a search for a light aircraft missing off the northern NSW coast. The search has now completed.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is coordinating a multi-national search and rescue response after being notified of injured solo yachtsman Abhilash Tomy.

The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft in the Australian Search and Rescue Region has resumed this morning, with further aircraft joining the operation out of Perth.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority can advise objects have been located by a Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion.

Search activities for Saturday have now concluded. Approximately 252,000 square kilometres were searched.