Australian Maritime Safety Authority

APL containership loses 40 boxes off NSW coast

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) says that at about 10.45 am AEST, Sunday, May 24, it received notification that a containership had lost cargo overboard off the coast of New South Wales.

The incident happened just after 6.10 am AEST yesterday when the ship, the Singapore-flagged APL England, experienced a temporary loss of propulsion during heavy seas about 73 kilometers south east of Sydney.

At the time, the ship was en route from Ningbo, China to Melbourne, Australia.

The ship’s...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/safety-and-security/apl-containership-loses-40-boxes-off-nsw-coast/

Hitachi supports Port Authorities with IMO 2020 fuel tests

Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science Corporation, a Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation wholly owned subsidiary engaged in the manufacture and sales of analysis and measuring instruments, has recently delivered X-MET8000’s to both the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) as they get ready to enforce the IMO’s (International Maritime Organisation) MARPOL Annex VI regulation that will come into force on 1 January 2020.

The Maritime and Port...

https://container-news.com/hitachi-supports-port-authorities-imo-2020-fuel-tests/

Container search continues after six months in Port Stephens

Six months passed from the YM Efficiency accident and the containers lost in Port Stephens, and the search is still going on.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has now contracted a Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROUV) to enhance the search operation.

So far three targets of interest have been located and imaged.

“The ROUV was deployed close to shore for testing just south of Fingal Bay at the known location of a target identified during the shoreline clean-up operations”,...

http://container-news.com/container-search-continues-port-stephens/

Marine Safety Technology Tracks Spawning Coral Slicks

Marine science and safety shared a birds-eye view of a natural phenomenon on the Great Barrier Reef when Australia’s two leading marine agencies joined forces to track ocean currents.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and oceanographers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) tracked coral spawn slicks on the Great Barrier Reef, which rode the currents of the East Australian Current in late November.

The Cairns-based AMSA Challenger jet aircraft was used to deploy...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/marine-safety-technology-tracks-spawning-coral-slicks/

Confusion over container search in Australia

A frustrated Australian Maritime Safety Authority has announced it will commence its own search for shipping containers that fell off the YM Efficiency in June.

The regulatory body released a statement on Friday (Nov. 9) saying it had signed a contractor to conduct an inspection of the sunken containers and debris field using remotely operated underwater vehicles.

The move comes after the Professional Fishermen’s Association slammed the lack of action to remove the containers, saying they were...

http://container-news.com/confusion-over-container-search-australia/

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