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There are laws against ship sourced pollution and those responsible may be prosecuted under state or territory legislation.

Ships that are not operated and managed to meet applicable standards, and relevant Australian laws, pose an increased risk to seafarers, other ships and the marine environment. These ships may be refused access or granted conditional entry to Australian ports

These groups advise on effective policy, regulations and standards.

We are no longer publishing the name of the certificate holder on a certificate of survey or Exemption 02 (non-survey) and Exemption 40 (Class C restricted operations) approvals.

Residual current devices minimise the risk of a person receiving an electric shock or being electrocuted when using plug-in electrical equipment on board vessels.

The criteria for issue to a person of a restricted pilot licence, for a stated pilotage area and a stated draught limit, are that the person: 

Poor risk assessment of river entrance bar crossing results in near misses with surfers.

Passenger sustains injury from poorly rigged gangway.

Our eligibility requirements for sailing vessels.

The Sanko Harvest struck a reef off Esperance, Western Australia on 14 February 1991, and broke up over the next fortnight.

Our search and rescue incidents from 2014–15.

Find out about the search and rescue incidents we attended between July 2019 and June 2020

The technologies which support our search and rescue (SAR) response.

AMSA approved training organisations currently delivering the security awareness training

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. By reporting marine incidents to us, you are also meeting your reporting obligations under Australian laws.