Tag: AMSA

AMSA informed that vessels navigating in Australian and New Zealand waters can now access a Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) called SouthPAN.

AMSA published its Compliance Strategy 2023-27, that builds on the modern regulatory foundations laid out in its predecessor – a data-driven, risk-based and proportionate approach to compliance that minimises impact on industry while maximising safety and environmental outcomes.

AMSA provides lessons learned from an incident during which a crew's foot was trapped in a cray's pot’s rope, and was dragged over the side.

In an exclusive interview to SAFETY4SEA, AMSA ‘s CEO, Mick Kinley urges for radical changes in the maritime industry with a focus on safe workplaces, decent working & living conditions and closing the gap in reported fatality data.

AMSA informs that from 1 January 2023, Marine Order 52 (Yachts and training vessels) 2022 will come into effect. Marine Order 52 (MO52) establishes survey, maintenance and certification requirements for regulated Australian vessels (RAVs) that are yachts or training vessels.  

AMSA detained the international livestock carrier ship, the Yangtze Fortune, after its owner failed to pay its crew or meet its obligations under international maritime law.

AMSA provides lessons learned from an incident where a fishing vessel ran aground on a reef between Bundaberg and Torres Strait. The master was fatigued, having had little sleep given the watchkeeping schedule and the competency levels of the two deckhands. 

AMSA informed that the body of a woman who fell overboard the cruise ship Pacific Explorer in the Great Australian Bight has been recovered, ending an overnight search. 

AMSA provides lessons learned from an incident where a person fell overboard without lifejacket, following risky behaviour in adverse weather conditions.

AMSA is seeking for feedback up to January 8th, 2023 with regards to the proposed changes to Marine Order 98 that deals with the prevention of pollution from anti-fouling systems. The ban on cybutryne will begin on 1 January 2023. The new regulations will prohibit all ships from applying or re-applying anti-fouling systems which contain cybutryne.