Armstrong Maritime Services

23/12/2025

We are closing this afternoon for a Christmas break.

Office will re-open Monday 5th January 2026.

🎄 Merry Christmas to all our valued clients

22/08/2025

Heading back up to the Torres Strait🏝
Enjoy working with TSRA and communities, helping to improve safety for the local fishers 🦞🛟

📣 Commercial fishers on Dauan, Saibai, Kubin, St Pauls, Ugar, Seisia and Bamaga! Need to get your boat surveyed? We're visiting soon. ⬇️

🗓️ Tuesday 26 August
📍 Seisia/Bamaga

🗓️ Wednesday 27 August
📍Kubin/St Pauls

🗓️ Thursday 28 August
📍Ugar

🗓️ Friday 29 August
📍 Dauan/Saibai

Accredited marine surveyor Rod Armstrong will travel with Robbie Corrie (TSRA Fisheries Program) for FREE assessments and inspections of TIB commercial fishing vessels for Australian Maritime Safety Authority - AMSA certification.

For more information:
📞 07 4069 0742
📧 [email protected]

12/08/2025

Needing a Marine Surveyor?
See some of the services we can provide

03/07/2025

🔔 16 National Law exemptions reissued from 1 July 2025 – domestic commercial vessel operators must review their requirements now.

From 1 July 2025, 16 National Law general exemptions were reissued for periods ranging from 3 to 5 years. These changes impact domestic commercial vessel owners, operators, masters, and crew across Australia.

4 exemptions require a new application to continue operating under them:

- Exemption 14 – Sea Rangers
- Exemption 15 – Scientific Research and Educational Activities
- Exemption 31 – Expired Pre-USL Code Certificates
- Exemption 36 – Steam-Powered Vessels

1 exemption has been extended for the final time:

- Exemption 39 – Marine Safety (Lifejacket lights) reissued for 3 years

11 exemptions are reissued with minor changes – no need to reapply, but compliance with the eligibility requirements and any conditions must continue.

Operators are encouraged to review the updated exemption conditions to ensure they meet the requirements.

📄 View the full list of reissued exemptions in the comments.

29/04/2025

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29/04/2025

Based in beautiful Cairns, Queensland and servicing Australia wide.

Whether you have a recreational vessel needing an engine power upgrade or are a large commercial marine company requiring a renewal survey, we are here to assist in all your compliance needs.

29/04/2025

AMSA Accredited Commercial Marine Surveyor and Consultants, servicing Commercial and Recreational vessels.

Rod has been a Marine Surveyor for 10 years, accredited by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and the Australasian Institute of Marine Surveyors (AMIS) and specialises in Commercial and Recreational Surveys.

With over 25 years of Commercial vessel management and engineering, Rod and his team can also assist in Safety Management Systems, Preventative Management Systems and Project Management.

01/01/2025

We work with a range of stakeholders on safe boating in the Torres Strait. A safe trip is a good trip.

The Torres Strait Marine Safety Program began in 2006 as a joint initiative to reduce marine incidents and save more lives at sea.

The program’s current priorities include:
✔️ boating safety education
✔️ managing a safety grab bag scheme
✔️ the 406MHz EPIRB replacement program
✔️ liaising with communities.

Our partners in this program are Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ), Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA), Queensland Police Service (QPS) and National Maritime Safety Authority - NMSA.

Find out more about the program ➡ https://brnw.ch/21wPKbg

08/12/2024

We offer services in remote locations for vessels of all sizes

We travel to some beautiful locations around the country, none so much as the Torres Straits outer islands. We’re privileged to be able to assist the local commercial Fishers in these communities. Working together to put there vessels into service under the Exemption 40 criteria.

22/11/2024

Exemption 40 2C restricted in the works.
We specialise in the conversion of recreational vessels to commercial use.
Check out one of recent projects.

Starting out with an older recreational vessel and converting it for commercial use? There are a few systems that need to be addressed, With the right advice from the start it’s possible to get a great end product that doesn’t look like Frankenstein. Critical to safety onboard is the underfloor ...

28/03/2024

Exciting project to be involved in.
Full electric propulsion with fully sustainable recharging.
The first for the Great Barrier Reef and I’m not the last.

We've been fortunate enough to be able to involved in the initial survey process and construction consultation for the worlds first Fully sustainable electric drive commercial vessel. The vessel is a 7mt glass bottomed boat operating on the Great Barrier Reef. It's an honour to be involved in such a...