Tag: AMSA

AMSA has issued the annual edition of its 'Tide Tables' publication including hourly predictions for Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef for safe navigation.

The AMSA has issued marine notice aiming to advise of the global implementation of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) Annex VI limit of 0.50% m/m sulphur content in fuel oil, for all ships, from 1 January 2020.

The IGC code does not currently allow for the transportation of liquid hydrogen. However, Australia worked with Japan to develop interim carriage requirements for the transportation of liquid hydrogen in bulk from Australia to Japan.

From December 2016, cruise vessels capable of accommodating more than 100 passengers and at berth in Sydney Harbour will be issued with a Direction by AMSA. The Direction will require the vessel to limit sulphur emissions by using low sulphur fuel or an alternative measure that achieves an equivalent outcome.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has stated that the Administrative Appeals Tribunal upheld the AMSA detention of the container ship OOCL Le Harve in Brisbane in May after a port state control inspection found that the vessel’s safety management system had failed to ensure that the crew had an adequate understanding of the rules relate to management and discharge of garbage at sea.

AMSA has issued a fact sheet to provide guidelines regarding parent-tender vessel operations (also known as 'dory operations') with the aim to improve safety for fishermen. AMSA also refers to some common hazards in parent–tender vessel operations, the associated risks and possible ways of controlling those risks.

The AMSA has issued Marine Notice with a view to remind the importance of magnetic compasses for the safety of navigation, applying to “regulated Australian vessels” and certain foreign vessels.

AMSA has issued Marine Notice in order to advise vessel owners, operators and seafarers of AMSA’s approach to implementing the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) requirements for the maximum continuous period that a seafarer can serve on board a vessel without taking leave.

AMSA has issued a marine notice aiming to bring to the attention of ship owners, ship operators, ship masters, port authorities, and tug operators the dangers of using weighted heaving lines when transferring mooring lines to tugs and shore linespersons.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has noted a deficiency in operational safety reffering dory boats, including a lack of appropriate communication capability between dories and motherships, and a lack of appropriate safety equipment onboard.