Shipping company, chief officer fined for dumping garbage in Great Barrier Reef
The Chief officer and the company of a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier were fined and convicted for dumping garbage into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
04/03/21
The Chief officer and the company of a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier were fined and convicted for dumping garbage into the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
01/03/21
Australian Maritime Authority issued its monthly review of casualties off Australian waters. In total, 85 incidents were reported, involving domestic commercial vessels in January 2021.
23/02/21
Following a ferry fatality incident onboard Lady Rose back in February 2019, Australian Maritime Safety Authority informed that the master of the passenger vessel has pleaded guilty.
22/02/21
Australian Maritime Safety Authority recently informed that from 1 March to 31 August 2021, will undertake a focused inspection campaign (FIC) on livestock ships departing Australian ports.
16/02/21
It is known that the COVID-19 oubreak has negatively affected global shipping and many others sectors. Following the situation, Europeran Maritime Safety Agency issued a report to analyse the impact of the pandemic on certain shipping activities by analysing vessel traffic data.
03/02/21
Amid the pandemic situation and the crew change crisis that has presented, AMSA officially announced that from 28 February 2021, the interim COVID-19 arrangements which have permitted seafarers to serve longer than 11 months onboard ships will end.
02/02/21
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority managed to save thirteen crewmembers who had been missing almost a week in the Solomon Sea.
19/01/21
In an effort to support the new requirements for certain types of domestic commercial vessels to be fitted with a float-free EPIRB, AMSA is about to conduct a focused inspection campaign.
08/01/21
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) issued its “most severe ban” up to now to the master and operator of the Marshall Islands flagged livestock carrier, Barkly Pearl.
24/12/20
As the end of the year is coming closer, AMSA Response Centre issued its annual review, highlighting that during 2020, responded to 5.151 operational incidents.