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AMSA issues Marine Notice AMSA issued a Marine Notice to advise shipowners, ship operators and masters of:The latest guidance from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on preventing and suppressing acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships;Information sharing arrangements in place regarding piracy incidents under the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships in Asia (ReCAAP);Processes for reporting incidents of piracy in Asia and receiving piracy incident alerts; andOther applicable guidanceThe ongoing threat of piracy and armed attacks against ships presents significant challenges to vessels operating in certain regions. To reduce the effectiveness of hostile groups, it is essential that owners, operators, masters and crews of vessels operating in waters where attacks are likely are aware of the actions to be followed to ensure their safe passage. Such actions include appropriate precautionary measures, reporting of attacks and cooperation with criminal investigations when requested.When entering high risk areas, ships should increase on board surveillance and security levels and prepare means of responding to attacks. A clear and comprehensive Ship Security Plan and the training of crews in security measures and response techniques are critical. While security plans and crew training may not prevent an incident occurring, these ...

  AMSA issued a Marine Notice to provide information to ship owners and operators on the application of the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (‘the Bunkers Convention’) in Australia. This Marine Notice supersedes Marine Notice 6 of 2011. The Bunkers Convention entered into force internationally on 21 November 2008 and the Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008 implements the Convention in Australia. Ships of more than 1000 gross tonnage arriving at or leaving an Australian port or offshore facility are required to carry a ‘Certificate of Insurance or Other Financial Security in Respect of Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage’ (‘Bunkers Certificate’), in accordance with the Convention’s specified format. The term ‘ship’ in the Convention is defined as any seagoing vessel and seaborne craft, of any type whatsoever. Vessels operating in inland waterways or solely within the limits of a port or harbour are therefore exempt. The Bunkers Certificate is issued by parties to the Bunkers Convention and states that insurance or other financial security is in force for the ship, to cover the liability of the registered owner for pollution damage up to the limits specified ...

AMSA has issued a quick guide to highlight key obligations of shipmasters while transiting through the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait.  New ships routeing measures aimed at protecting sensitive areas in the south-west Coral Sea, off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, were agreed by the IMO Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR), meeting for its 2nd session. (9-13 March). On 23 May 2014, the IMO MSC 93 adopted a new two-way route in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait. This important measure to protect the environmentally sensitive waters of the region came into effect on 1 December 2014. The safety of shipping depends on all parties having detailed knowledge of, and complying with regulatory and other obligations and duties imposed on them in the circumstances. Please click at below sections for further details Particularly Sensitive Sea Area Coastal Pilotage Passage Plan REEFVTS Designated Shipping Areas Defect and incident reporting Disposal of garbage Charts and publications Fitness for duty Port State Control North East Shipping Management Plan    In the origin, I was forthright with you propecia before and after has changed my existence. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is incredible to ...

AMSA has identified the need for an incident response capability to be deployed to a vessel which is experiencing HNS incident

According to new guidelines AMSA has publishedMarine Notice setting out that vessels not complying with regulations such as safety standards, international labour conventions and marine environment regulations can be prohibited from using or entering Australian ports.The Swedish P&I Club notes that AMSA can consider prohibitions on other vessels managed (owned/operated) by the same company if the standard of the vessel subject to the ban is "so poor as to cast significant doubt on the standards of other vessels managed by the same company". In addition, AMSA has also left the door open to extending the timeframe of the prohibitions if the "performance of the company as a whole" is unacceptable.There are currently four vessels on the list of vessels that have been issued with prohibition directions pincluding one vessel which has been banned for a period of 12 months.With PSC performance for individual vessels the general principles that will be applied in the making of a decision to issue a direction not to enter or use an Australian port, or ports, are as follows:Refusal of access for 3 months - where a vessel has been detained then released with conditions to carry out corrective action, but returns to Australia without ...

AMSA has issued Marine Notice regarding directions and refusal of access to Australian ports

AMSA announced the first issue of the Maritime Safety Awareness Bulletin - Shaping Shipping for People

Examining height safety is particularly important for the maritime industry

AMSA has published a bulletin to provide an overview of falls from height

AMSA's new corporate video outlines our main operational functions