ACMA Marine Radio and AIS Requirements in Australia: Licences, Qualifications, MMSI and Carriage Rules
Marine radio in Australia sits under two regulators that answer different questions. The ACMA decides whether you are allowed to transmit at all, and AMSA decides what equipment your vessel has to carry. This guide covers the maritime ship station class licence remade in 2025, when you need an apparatus licence instead, the five operator qualifications and where each one runs out, why an MMSI is compulsory the moment you use DSC or AIS along with the Australian number formats and how the number is programmed in, the exact AIS channels and power limits the ACMA permits, and who is actually required to carry AIS under SOLAS, Marine Order 27, Marine Order 63 and the National Standard for Commercial Vessels.
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