The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) established a National Safety Committee, bringing together a network of peak bodies and industry representatives from across the maritime sector to focus on improving safety outcomes nationally.
The establishment of the Committee aims to improve the safety of Australia’s shipping industry.
The committee complements the Regional Safety Committees established earlier this year and will focus on safety and environmental issues common to domestic commercial vessel operations across Australia. Its role is to inform effective policy, regulations and standards with the aim of bringing those who work on domestic commercial vessels home safely.
As a regulator, AMSA will work closely with industry to ensure they understand their challenges and issues and that regulatory solutions are practical and proportionate.
Overall, to highlight the importance of safety, AMSA published its annual report, noting that between 2016 and 2019, AMSA received a total of 12,349 marine incident reports, with an increasing number of reports received each successive year.
