Marine Advisory: 05/2024 - Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) – Information regarding remote survey requests for ships detained in Australia

February 09, 2024

Marine Advisory: 05/2024

Subject: Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) – Information regarding remote survey requests for ships detained in Australia

Dear Vessel Owners/Operators/Masters and Recognized Organizations:

The purpose of this Marine Advisory is to draw the attention of Shipowners, Operators, Masters and Liberia’s Recognized Organizations (RO) to AMSA’s policy on remote surveys.

Background

AMSA has reported recent instances where an RO undertook a remote survey to sight rectification of a deficiency for a ship detained in Australia, whereupon AMSA’s re-attendance of the ship, it was found that the deficiencies were still outstanding.

As a result, AMSA will no longer accept any remote survey from an RO for a ship detained in Australia.

Recommendation

We recommend that Owners, Operators, Masters and RO’s bring this to the attention of all those in their organizations to ensure that physical attendance of an RO Surveyor is arranged whenever verification of the rectification of any deficiency on a vessel detained in Australia by the vessel’s RO is required.

The policy can be found at https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/port-state-control/remotesurveys.

For more information, please contact the Regulations and Standards department at regsandstandards@liscr.com.

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