Admiralty & Maritime NPA
About this NPA
The Admiralty and Maritime NPA incorporates proceedings that relate to admiralty or maritime disputes including:
- in rem proceedings
- in personam proceedings
- marine insurance
- cargo claims
- other matters including matters relating to the Navigation Act 2012 (Cth) and the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 (Cth).
The Oar Mace of Admiralty
Latest Judgments
Recent Judgments - Federal Court
- 19 Sep 2025:
Aeronautical Resource and Consultancy Pty Ltd trading as ARC Helicopters v CMA-CGM Société Anonyme au Capital de 234 988 330 Euros [2025] FCA 1156
ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME – Practice and Procedure – application for joinder of additional plaintiff pursuant to rr 9.02 and/or 9.05 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – where plaintiff brings a claim arising out of damage to cargo to be shipped from Melbourne to Malta pursuant to a waybill and for alleged contraventions of the Australian Consumer …
Judge: SARAH C DERRINGTON J - 29 May 2025:
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd v The Ship: Yangze 22 [2025] FCA 563
ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME – arrest – application for release of defendant vessel from arrest under rule 52 of the Admiralty Rules 1988 (Cth) – where vessel owners have proffered conditional security in the form of a signed letter of undertaking – whether proffered security an adequate substitute for the vessel under arrest – where proffered security…
Judge: SARAH C DERRINGTON J - 29 Apr 2025:
Tasmanian Ports Corporation Pty Ltd v CSL Australia Pty Ltd (The Goliath) [2025] FCAFC 53
ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAW – Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 – limitation of liability for wreck – meaning and scope of Arts 2(1)(a) and (d) of the Convention – where vessel MV Goliath owned and operated by the first respondent allided with two berthed tugs owned by the appellant – where tugs sank and became wrecks – …310 FCR 64High Court Special Leave Appeal status: 4 September 2025: HCA - Special leave granted [2025] HCADisp 200
Judge: BURLEY, SARAH C DERRINGTON AND O'SULLIVAN JJ
Case Law
Latest Papers & Publications
- 28 Jul 2022:
Admiralty and maritime seminar
Updates on UK, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia.
- 18 Nov 2021:
Navigating the rough seas of enforcement
AMTAC annual address, by Justice Stewart.
- 23 Sep 2020:
World in a box: What legal issues might yet need to be resolved and by what mechanism?
Presented by video at the Australian Academy of Law "World in a box" online seminar, by Justice Sarah Derrington.
Form & Rules
The key forms and rules for commencing these proceedings are:
Actions in rem
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Actions in personam
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Arresting a Vessel
Admiralty Marshals are available to arrest a vessel anywhere in Australia at any time on any day of the year.
This section details how to contact the registry and make an application for an arrest.
Legislation
- Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth)
- Admiralty Rules 1988 (Cth)
The admiralty and maritime work of the Court is not limited to proceedings under the Admiralty Act and Admiralty Rules, see also:
More LegislationResearch Links
- Arbitration
- International maritime and trade related organisations
- Maritime law associations
- Maritime security
- News and research
- Organisations - Australia
- Organisations - International
- Ports, port authorities and related government bodies - Australia
- Universities, maritime law centres, education and training
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