Tag: AMSA

AMSA has issued Marine Notice to advise on AMSA’s approach to implementing the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 requirements for the maximum continuous period that a seafarer can serve on board a vessel without taking leave.

UKHO has called for ship owners, operators and managers to exercise greater vigilance in order to tackle the rise in ECDIS-related detentions and the risks to safety at sea.

The AMSA has banned the Hong Kong flagged bulk carrier Five Stars Fujian from Australian ports for 12 months. AMSA surveyors found the vessel did not have sufficient provisions for its intended voyage and the crew had not been paid in several months.

AMSA's Medium-altitude Earth Orbit Search and Rescue system for emergency distress beacon detection is now operational and ready to support search and rescue response in Australia.

AMSA is urging seafarers with international qualifications to check the validity of their STCW certificates. This is in recognition that many qualifications are set to expire on December 31, 2016, including previously perpetual certificates.

AMSA has issued a new Marine Notice to remind that the new IMO-adopted Traffic Separation Schemes off the south-west coast of Australia are coming into effect on December 1st, 2016.

AMSA has found that more than 50 per cent of the distress beacons activated in the Torres Strait region in the last 12 months were a result of accidental or unintentional activations.

AMSA has issued Marine Notice yo draw the attention to the fact that many Australian certificates of competency and certificates of proficiency will expire on 31 December 2016.

AMSA has issued Marine Notice in order to provide guidance to shipowners, operators and seafarers to reduce the risk of collision with cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), in accordance with IMO Circular MEPC.1/Circ.674.