(www.MaritimeCyprus.com) Each year, vessel owners, operators and crew report marine incidents to AMSA. We analyse this data to understand the safety risks affecting domestic commercial vessels (DCVs), regulated Australian vessels (RAVs) and foreign-flagged vessels operating in Australian waters. The Marine Incident Annual Report 2025 presents key findings from the past year and identifies trends over the last 5 years, including common incident types, their impacts, and some of the contributing safety factors. These insights help target compliance and education activities to improve vessel safety. Trends in reporting In 2025, AMSA received a total of 4,174 marine incident reports from foreign-flagged vessels (FFVs), regulated Australian vessels (RAVs) and DCVs. In 2024, it had received a total of 5,639 marine incident reports. The reduction in reported marine incidents in 2025 is primarily attributable to a change in classification introduced on 1 January 2025, under which defect reports for RAVs and FFVs are no longer captured within the marine incident reporting process. A substantial number of reports that would have been previously recorded as marine incidents were excluded in 2025, including approximately 1272 reported defect reports. In addition to marine incident reports, AMSA receives notifications of marine safety concerns. Marine safety concerns can be reported by anyone who observes an event or practice that may endanger, or if not corrected could endanger, the safety of a commercial vessel or persons on board a commercial vessel. In 2025, AMSA received 452 reports of marine safety concern representing a 14.7% increase on the number received in 2024 (394 reports). Image for representation purposes only In year 2025 4,174 marine incidents were reported, including 1,229 involving DCVs. Passenger vessels continue to show a good reporting culture, accounting for almost half (46%) of all reported DCV incidents, though comprising only 9% of the fleet. Larger DCV