What's new
- Port pilotage fees review
- Private sector claims — Pacific Adventurer incident
- Queensland Tide Tables 2010 now available
- Safety equipment trials — Queensland commercial fishing industry
- Tow-in surfing — release of discussion paper
- Marine zone — Noosa River
- Safe on-water conduct on the Brisbane River
- Right to Information now available
- National Standards for Commercial Vessels C7A — safety equipment factsheets
- Ship builders — what you need to know
Maritime Safety Queensland
Maritime Safety Queensland is a government agency of the Department of Transport and Main Roads. Our role is to protect Queensland's waterways and the people who use them — providing safer, cleaner seas. Maritime Safety Queensland is responsible for:
- improving maritime safety for shipping and small craft through regulation and education
- minimising vessel-sourced waste and responding to marine pollution
- delivering essential maritime services such as pilotage for regional ports and aids to navigation
- encouraging and supporting innovation in the maritime industry.
150 years of maritime services in Queensland
- Commemorative charts
Maritime Safety Queensland has produced a series of commemorative charts done in the 1960s style. Find out more about the charts. - Celebrating 150 years of maritime services in Queensland
Read about some of the history of maritime services in Queensland. Find out more about activities taking place.
Features
- Pacific Adventurer incident — private sector claims can now be made
- Torres Strait marine safety project
- Prohibited discharge of sewage into the new marine national park (green zones) of Moreton Bay
- Be ready for the final phase of the sewage discharge requirements
- Maritime Safety Queensland headlines
- Seascape
- Register to receive Notices to Mariners by email
Contact us
If you would like to ask a question, or give feedback on the website, email us at msqmail@msq.qld.gov.au.Popular information
- Queensland Recreational Boating and Fishing Guide
- How do I get a boat licence?
- How do I register my boat?
- Check the tides
- Weather service
- Find a BoatSafe training provider (PDF**, 269KB)
**While this department has taken every possible precaution with the creation of these files, they are downloaded and used at your own risk. Adobe Reader is needed to open and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files and is free to download from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Various tools to enable access to these files for people using a screen reader can be found at http://access.adobe.com. Further information is available from the "Help with downloading, reading and printing PDF".
Last updated 09 November 2009
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