Tag: AMSA

AMSA analyzes an incident where a pilot was seriously injured after losing balance when a large wave impacted the vessel at the same time as they stood up to remove their lifejacket while in the cabin. 

Following the launch of seafarers’ rights and welfare Code of Conduct, AMSA expressed its support for the initiative.

Bulk carriers, tankers and now container vessels can pass through Torres Strait with a maximum draught up to 12.5 metres, using AMSA’s under keel clearance management (UKCM) system.

Australia has provided marine oil spill response support to Sri Lanka after the sinking of the Singapore-flagged MV X-Press Pearl container ship off the coast of Colombo last June.

Bulk carriers, tankers and container vessels can pass Torres Strait with a maximum draught up to 12.5 metres, using AMSA's UKCM system.

Australia donated two hundred thousand dollars to the International Maritime Organisation Integrated Technical Cooperation Program, which assists developing countries to comply with the IMO’s regulatory framework.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Singapore-flagged bulk carrier Western Callao from Australian ports for six months.

AMSA highlights the obligation of shipowners, operators, masters and crew to ensure safe arrangements are in place when embarking or disembarking a vessel using a pilot ladder.

The roll-out of new body worn cameras (BWCs) for AMSA’s frontline staff has started, with the technology being operational nationally by December 2021.

AMSA announced that the regulatory changes aimed to improve passenger safety on domestic commercial vessels are now in effect.