AMSA: Ensuring safe access to domestic commercial vessels
AMSA published a safety alert, to raise awareness of the risk involved with getting on and off domestic commercial vessels.
Read moreAMSA published a safety alert, to raise awareness of the risk involved with getting on and off domestic commercial vessels.
Read moreThe Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has imposed a 90-day ban on the Antigua & Barbuda-flagged general cargo ship BBC Jade, operated by Briese Heavylift GmbH & Co. This marks the third ban issued by AMSA to a Briese Heavylift ship in the current year.
Read moreAMSA published a safety alert, to provide guidance to operators of domestic commercial vessels (DCVs) on risks associated with the carriage of battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) on roll-on, roll-off (RORO) ferries, and how best to deal with these risks.
Read moreAMSA provides lessons learned from an incident where, a passenger ferry was returning from its scheduled service when an unanticipated wave raised its stern and caused its bow to dive under the water.
Read moreShipboard tasks such as working at heights and/or over the side, mooring and rigging (e.g. an accommodation ladder or pilot ladder) are considered high-risk operations. Unfortunately, these tasks are often conducted in an unsafe manner, AMSA highlights in its new Safety Awareness Bulletin with two case studies.
Read moreThe Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has completed a major $15.5 million two-year project, to repair and rejuvenate essential aids to navigation (AtoNs) off the coast of Port Hedland, Western Australia.
Read moreIn the 2022 Australian Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) annual report, AMSA presents an analysis of MLC complaints, compliance and follow-up actions undertaken by AMSA in Australia for 2022.
Read moreAMSA provides lessons learned from an incident where crewmember overboard compounded by lack of life jacket wear risk assessment.
Read moreCapt. Jeanine Drummond has been the Chair of the AMSA Board since this July, and in an exclusive interview to SAFETY4SEA, she outlines her top priorities for the agenda.
Read moreThe Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has coordinated the rescue of three people on board a catamaran 835km Southeast of Cairns in the Coral Sea.
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