AMSA reports smooth transition to greater responsibilities in the last financial year LLoyds List

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) conducted 7824 inspections of 19 different types, covering ship and cargo safety during 2013/14, according to its recent annual report.

  

This 12.9% increase over the previous financial year also accounts for AMSA’s broader oversight to include monitoring of compliance when it became the regulator of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)...