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The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is coordinating the response to a general cargo vessel, experiencing mechanical issues near the Great Barrier Reef.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) today welcomes the release of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report into Queensland coastal pilotage.

Providing an avenue for environmental and shipping organisations to enhance their preparedness and response to oil spill incidents is the aim of next week’s Asia Pacific oil spill preparedness and response conference Spillcon 2013.

The inquest conducted by the WA Coroner, Alistair Hope, into the circumstances surrounding the capsizing of the vessel Kaniva south of Java in June 2012 has concluded.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and a commercial tug, the Far Scimitar, are assisting a cargo vessel at risk of rolling over in rough conditions north-west of Broome, Western Australia.

The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) vessel Aurora Australis is continuing to make its way to the Russian vessel beset by ice approximately 1500 nautical miles south of Hobart.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) boarded the Singapore-flagged container ship APL England at the Port of Brisbane anchorage (off Port Cartwright) today following an incident involving the loss of 40 containers overboard during heavy seas on Sunday.

Charges have been laid against the master of the APL England, which lost about 50 containers overboard off Sydney on Sunday. The offences relate to pollution and/or damage of the Australian marine environment as a result of poor cargo loading.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s decision to detain a Hong Kong flagged container ship which dumped food waste in close proximity to Fraser Island in May was affirmed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal at a hearing on Friday, 25 November 2016.

AMSA has banned the bulk carrier Movers 3 from Australian ports for 18 months following outstanding mechanical and survey issues being resolved this week.

Overnight the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) banned the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier TW Hamburg from Australian ports for 12 months.

Fostering international cooperation and information exchange will be the aims of a search and rescue exercise undertaken by Australian and Chinese maritime authorities at Garden Island on Wednesday, 26 June.

Two fishermen have been rescued from a life raft 40 kilometres west of Lake Macleod in Western Australia this morning after their vessel caught fire.

AMSA Search and Rescue coordinated the search and rescue of 12 people across the country yesterday.

Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal and an adjacent stretch of Trinity Inlet will be closed to vessel movements on the afternoon of Thursday, 11 April 2013 for an on-water display of Australia’s marine oil and chemical response capability.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has signed a contract to remove the pollution caused by the Yang Ming owned container ship YM Efficiency, when it lost 81 containers off the coast of Newcastle last year.

An Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) decision to ban the Panama flagged bulk carrier Fortune Genius from entering or using an Australian port for a period of 12 months has been affirmed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).

More than 400 delegates will attend the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s Maritime 2014: Ship to Shore conference in Melbourne from Monday to Wednesday.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has awarded new emergency towage contracts to continue to assist in the management of maritime pollution incidents around Australia.