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: 

A 2C rescue vessel was preparing to depart a river entrance bar with 11 people onboard. The observed sea state was a wave height (breaking) of 1.4 to 1.8 metres. The entrance bar had a moderate to high level of congestion of jet skis and surfboard riders positioned within the aids to navigation departure leads. The vessel came within very close proximity to surfers on 3 occasions whilst negotiating the breaking sea conditions. The vessel then broached upon a wave resulting in the vessel heeling to port and becoming unable to be controlled due to the force of the wave.

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.

From 1 July 2018, new survey requirements for domestic commercial vessels apply. This includes changes to marine order 503 to apply the new periodic survey requirements to all vessels required to be in survey—existing, transitional and new vessels.

In this edition we look at the most common reasons for certificate of survey refusal.

In this edition we give guidance on managing some of the changes mentioned in Schedule 1 of MO503, explain electrical plan approval requirements, and more.

In this edition we explain about National Law audits,

Under Marine Order 503 a transitional vessel is an existing vessel that has: 

On Sunday 26 May 1974 the bulk carrier Sygna was involved in a major pollution incident.

This heritage management plan concerns the lighthouse and surrounding land.

We provide a range of geographic information as digital maps and spatial data sets. This visual geographic data is used to support search and rescue, pollution response, vessel tracking, and navigation in Australian waters. Some data access may require you to pay a fee.

We maintain nine strategic equipment stockpiles of marine pollution response equipment around the Australian coastline.