Report maritime incidents directly to AMSA in two simple steps 1. Submit an incident alert – as soon as practicable* This lets us know a serious event has occurred. Form 18 – Incident alert, or by other means Serious marine incidents include: • death or serious injury to a person loss of a person overboard loss of, or significant damage to, a vessel. * You must submit an alert within 4 hours, then follow this up with an incident report within 72 hours 2. Submit an incident report – within 72 hours This gives us detailed information about the incident and mitigation measures. Form 19 – Incident report Other types of marine incidents you need to report: • fire • loss of stability • fouling of a vessel • a close quarters situation • any event that could impact the safety of a vessel, those on board or nearby.
Submit forms via amsa.gov.au or email completed forms to reports@amsa.gov.au
Call AMSA CONNECT 1800 627 484
Visit amsa.gov.au/ incident-reporting
