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Marine Information Bulletins

Marine Information Bulletins are distributed by Maritime Safety Queensland to alert mariners to important issues in the industry.

Licensing (commercial) 

• Conversion of pre-Uniform Shipping Laws Code licences (PDF, 42 KB)
• Workplace-based task books (PDF, 57 KB)
• Coxswain licence operating areas (PDF, 5.2 MB)
• Exemption from commercial licensing requirements for trainers and trainees in schools and sporting associations (PDF, 117 KB) 
• Mutual recognition and commercial licence changes – restricted certificates of competency (PDF, 81 KB) 
• Mutual recognition and commercial licence changes – certificates of recognition (PDF, 84 KB) 
• Mutual recognition and commercial licence changes – certificates of service (PDF, 84 KB) 
• New arrangements for the Small Vessel Operator's Certificate (SVOC) (PDF, 60 KB) 
• Changes to commercial licence operating areas (PDF, 132 KB) 
• Minimum licence requirements for fishing and trading/commercial ships in Queensland (PDF, 56 KB) 
• Assessment of overseas sea service (PDF, 110 KB) 
• Record of Practical Experience and Sea Service (ROPES) (PDF, 138 KB) 
• Revalidation of commercial marine licences (PDF, 51 KB) 

Ship operations (commercial) 

• New measures for hire and drive personal watercraft (PDF, 54 KB)
• Carriage of notification for section 18A exemption (PDF, 77 KB) 
• Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) systems for commercial and fishing ships (PDF, 51 KB) 
• Confined spaces can kill – management of this risk on commercial and fishing ships (PDF, 81 KB) 
• Application procedure for open reversible liferafts (PDF, 68 KB) 
• Passenger carrying on foredecks of ships (PDF, 42 KB) 
• Gangways and boarding facilities for commercial ships (PDF, 58 KB) 
• Use of mobile telephones for communications at sea (PDF, 135 KB) 
• Measured length of inflatable and rigid inflatable boats and their all-metal equivalents (PDF, 67 KB) 
• Communication procedures for the Brisbane Pilotage Area, Brisbane River, Moreton Bay and the Port of Brisbane (PDF, 48 KB) 
• Brisbane River – flashing white all-round light (PDF, 139 KB) 
• Safe carriage of fuel on board commercial and fishing ships (PDF, 66 KB) 

Vessel standards (commercial)

• Further building and alterations, commercial and fishing ships (PDF, 48 KB) 
• CE certification (PDF, 130 KB) 
• Commercial ships – electrical standards and licenses (PDF, 104 KB) 
• Fuel systems on ships (PDF, 130 KB) 
• Inappropriate use of transom doors as freeing ports (PDF, 57 KB) 
• Qualification of procedures and welding of aluminium ships (PDF, 131 KB) 
• Passenger vessel accommodation standards (PDF, 80 KB) 
• Morse cable controls (PDF, 140 KB) 
• The definition of a barge (PDF, 80 KB) 

Vessels – registration and survey (commercial) 

• Lodging applications and documents for ships being built in Queensland – important changes (PDF, 119 KB) 
• New registration procedures for greater risk ships (PDF, 117 KB) 
• Applying for a Certificate of Survey (PDF, 74 KB) 
• Right to Information – access to Safety Standards Branch commercial and fishing ship records (PDF, 66 KB) 
• Registration limits of commercial vessels in restricted offshore waters (PDF, 38 KB)

Registration (recreational)

• New requirements for registration of school coaching, escort and rescue boats (PDF, 42 KB) 
• Appropriate registration of club, school and sporting association boats (PDF, 52 KB) 

Ship operations (recreational) 

• No observer for tow-in surfing (PDF, 109 KB) 

Vessel standards (recreational) 

• Recreational craft – electrical standards and licenses (PDF, 103 KB) 

Marine pollution 

• Sewage management on ships – accidental overflows onboard ships (PDF, 122 KB) 

National standards 

• Summary of differences of the Uniform Shipping Laws Code between 2008 and 2009 (PDF, 191 KB) 
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part B – General Requirements (PDF, 31 KB) 
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C section 3 – Construction (PDF, 35 KB) 
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C section 4 – Fire Safety (PDF, 33 KB) 
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C subsection 5A – Machinery (PDF, 32 KB) 
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C subsection 5B – Electrical (PDF, 36 KB) 
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C subsection 5C – LPG Systems for Appliances, subsection 5D — LPG Systems for Engines (PDF, 28 KB) 
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C subsection 6A – Intact Stability, subsection 6C — Stability Tests and Stability Information (PDF, 44 KB) 
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C subsection 7B – Communications Equipment (PDF, 37 KB) 
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C subsection 7C – Navigation Equipment (PDF, 41 KB) 
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C subsection 7D – Anchoring (PDF, 42 KB) 
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part F subsection 1A – General Requirements for Fast Craft, subsection 1B – Category F1 Fast Craft, subsection 1C – Category F2 Fast Craft (PDF, 38 KB)

• Application of the nationally approved survey checklists for the periodic survey of commercial vessels (PDF, 48 KB)
• Amendments to the Uniform Shipping Laws Code – implementation in Queensland (PDF, 117 KB) 
• Carriage and administration of drugs by a ship's master (PDF, 105 KB) 
• Fire safety equipment – servicing (PDF, 115 KB) 
• National Standard for Commercial Vessels and Uniform Shipping Laws Code – fire protection requirements (PDF, 86 KB) 
• New national standard for operational practices on commercial and fishing ships (PDF, 153 KB) 
• National Standard for Commercial Vessels section 6B: Buoyancy and stability after flooding – approved for use in Queensland (PDF, 104 KB) 
• National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C subsection 7A Safety Equipment – equivalent solutions applications (PDF, 94 KB) 
• National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part E consultation (PDF, 103 KB) 
• The use of pyrogen aerosol fire suppressant (PDF, 60 KB) 
• National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C section 7A, Safety Equipment – transition provision expiry (PDF, 42 KB)
• Draft National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C section 1, Arrangement, Accommodation and Personal Safety (PDF, 263 KB) – invitation for public comment

Safety equipment

• Safety equipment requirements for recreational tenders (PDF, 105 KB)
• Life jackets and personal flotation devices – frequently asked questions (PDF, 153 KB) 
• Carriage and compliance of coastal liferafts – equivalent solution and exemption (PDF, 59 KB) 
• Children's EN 395 personal flotation device (PDF, 84 KB) 
• Chubb FM200 fixed fire suppression system service bulletin (PDF, 51 KB) 
• Bob Littler Agencies Pty Ltd (BLA) flares recall (PDF, 528 KB) 

General

• Recreational boating safety improvements (PDF, 42 KB)
• Registration numbers on powered surfboards and kayaks (PDF, 66 KB) 
• Reportable marine incidents (PDF, 89 KB) – white water rafting, canoeing/kayaking activities, sailing regattas, surf lifesaving carnivals (other similar activities) – guideline for reportable marine incidents
• Boat-share policy (PDF, 114 KB) 
• Carbon monoxide hazards on your boat (PDF, 90 KB) 
• Compass adjusters (PDF, 55 KB) 
• Evidence of identity (PDF, 139 KB)