Marine information bulletins
Marine information bulletins are distributed by Maritime Safety Queensland to alert mariners to important issues in the industry.
Administration guidelines
- Freedom of Information - Access to Safety Standards Branch commercial and fishing ship records (PDF**, 59KB)
- Evidence of identity (PDF**, 81KB)
- Changes to commercial licence operating areas (PDF**, 72KB)
- Minimum licence requirements for fishing and trading/commercial ships in Queensland (PDF**, 70KB)
- Assessment of overseas sea service (PDF**, 35KB)
- Record of Practical Experience and Sea Service (ROPES) (PDF**, 85KB)
- Revalidation of marine certificates (PDF**, 51KB)
- Morse Cable Controls (PDF**, 50KB)
- Passenger carrying on foredecks of ships (PDF**, 62KB)
- Confined spaces can kill: the management of this risk on commercial and fishing ships (PDF**, 68KB)
- Gangways and boarding facilities for commercial ships (PDF**, 284KB)
- Use of mobile telephones for communications at sea (PDF**, 77KB)
- CE certification (PDF**, 44KB)
- Commercial ships - Electrical standards and licensed electricians (PDF**, 36KB)
- Fuel systems on ships (PDF**, 32KB)
- Inappropriate use of transom doors as freeing ports (PDF**, 36KB)
- Qualification of procedures and welding of aluminium ships (PDF**, 69KB)
- New marine safety standards (PDF**, 46KB)
- New accreditation requirements (PDF**, 47KB)
- New standard for designing and building of commercial and fishing ships (PDF**, 41KB)
- Second edition electrical subsection (PDF**, 31KB) National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C Construction - Section 5 Engineering Subsection 5B Electrical Edition 2
- Measured length of inflatable and rigid inflatable boats and their all-metal equivalents (PDF**, 81KB)
- Passenger vessel accommodation standards (PDF**, 47KB)
- National standard for commercial vessels Part C - exemption subsection 7A safety equipment (PDF**, 67KB)
- National standard for commercial vessels - implementation of Part C Design and Construction - section 3, 6A, 6C and 7D (PDF**, 55KB)
- National standard for commercial vessels requirements for medical supplies (PDF**, 168KB)
- Invitation for public comment on the draft standard and draft RIS of the National Standard for Commercial Vessels Part C Design and Construction, Subsection C - Navigation Equipment (PDF**, 30KB)
- Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBS) 121.5 MHz EPIRB phase out (PDF**, 62KB)
- Personal flotation devices - custom made for large persons (PDF**, 125KB)
- Communication procedures for the Brisbane Pilotage Area, Brisbane River, Moreton Bay and the Port of Brisbane (PDF**, 52KB)
- The definition of a barge (PDF**, 38KB)
- The use of pyrogen aerosol fire suppressant (PDF**, 105KB)
- Life jackets and personal flotation devices - Frequently asked questions (PDF**, 321KB)
- Recreational craft - Electrical standards and licensed electricians (PDF**, 34KB)
- Life jackets and personal flotation devices - International standards (PDF**, 39KB)
- Servicing of portable fire extinguishers (PDF**, 34KB)
- Brisbane River - Flashing white all-round light (PDF**, 27KB)
- Compass adjusters (PDF**, 38KB)
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Last updated 04 July 2008
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