AMSA’s State of the Fleet overview showcases regulatory interactions with the people and vessels that worked in Australian waters in 2022.
AMSA (Australian Maritime Safety Authority) is responsible for regulating safety on domestic commercial vessels, regulated Australian vessels, and foreign-flagged vessels operating to and from Australian ports, and through Australian waters.
Facts from 2022:
- Inspections: 2,671 domestic commercial vessels, 2,405 foreign-flagged vessels and 95 regulated Australian vessels.
- Reported marine incidents: 1,054 involving domestic commercial vessels, 3,837 involving foreign-flagged vessels and 268 involving regulated Australian vessels.
- Maritime Labor Convention complaints received and followed-up: 261
- Certificates of competency new or renewal applications processed: 8,889 under National Law (domestic seafarers) and 4,319 Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers under the Navigation Act (international seafarers).
- Certificates of operations for domestic commercial vessels: 1,888 new or renewal applications processed.
- Certificates of survey for domestic commercial vessels: 1,201 new or renewal survey applications processed.
AMSA Executive Director Operations Michael Drake said the authority’s regulated communities were incredibly diverse from one another, but also within themselves. Safety is important regardless of whether you operate a 3-metre tinny for commercial crabbing, or a 200-metre bulk carrier, he added.
Despite the differences in vessels and operations, and the challenges that regulating safety on each of them presents, we have identified a number of issues and areas of concern that apply to the full range of vessels under our responsibility.
… said Michael Drake
