Safety duty holders

  • Port managers
  • Towage providers
  • Pilotage providers
  • Line boat providers

Audits

Audits help us ensure:

  • Duty holders understand their legislative obligations
  • Duty holders voluntarily comply with such obligations consistently
  • Positive safety culture among all participants, including continuous improvements in safety management, best practice safety standards and capacity building for risk management across the industry.

Audits are scheduled on a risk basis. However, it is understood that the requirement for unscheduled audits may be conducted.

Investigations

We investigate maritime incidents, complaints and breaches of law and safety duty holder requirements.

Investigations may be systemic to identify systemic problems and recommend resolutions.

Investigations may also be undertaken into the actions of a safety duty holder such as pilots, pilotage service providers and port management bodies. The Safety Director can also conduct marine inquiries.

Other agencies conduct their own separate investigations into maritime incidents. These agencies include: