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14 Jan 2024
At 5pm (AEST) yesterday (Saturday 13 January) the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) received a distress signal from a registered emergency beacon, with a position showing between Lady Elliot Island and Bundaberg, off the Queensland coast. 
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24 Dec 2023
The fleet for the 2023 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is gearing up for the 78th running of the blue water classic.
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21 Dec 2023
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has completed a major capital works project to restore the historic Cape Northumberland Lighthouse, located near Port MacDonnell in South Australia.
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18 Dec 2023
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Board confirmed today it will conduct a search for AMSA’s next Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
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6 Dec 2023
AMSA secures an enhanced future first response capability in the Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef.
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1 Dec 2023
Australia is delighted to have been re-elected to Category B of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council for 2024-25.
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1 Dec 2023
33rd Assembly, 1 December 2023
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1 Dec 2023
Australian businesses will soon learn about a new stream of government contract-based work on the horizon in 2024 in
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Pictured from left, Marius Fenger, Brad Lucas Australian Maritime Safety Authority CEO Mick Kinley, Alex Alsop.
28 Nov 2023
The three crew members of the SL Diamantina saved 21 lives and averted an environmental disaster.
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23 Nov 2023
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has completed a major restoration project of Cape Nelson Lighthouse, south of Portland, Victoria.
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20 Nov 2023
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued its third ban from Australian waters to a Briese Heavylift GmbH & Co ship this year.
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Banner image showing L-R: AMSA CEO Mick Kinley with Seafarers Welfare Award winner representatives -  John Kewa from Mission to Seafarers Port Kembla; and Peter Ernst from Port Authority of NSW.
16 Nov 2023
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) congratulates the Port Community of Port Kembla, who received the Sea
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