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If you are currently a MAST client, you have the option to manage the administration of your licence, registration, or mooring permit through the MAST Portal and also lodge a Notice of Disposal.

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Latest News

1st August

Port Sorell Boat Ramp – Dredging Works

Dredging works will be carried out at the Port Sorell Boat Ramp starting Tuesday, 5 August 2025, and are expected to take approximately two weeks. During this time, one side of the boat ramp will be closed, and some areas will be cordoned off as required. We appreciate your patience while these essential works are…

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3rd January

Product Recall – Marlin Life Jacket

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22nd November

Buying or Selling a Boat?

If you are selling or buying a boat, you must declare on the paperwork that the vessel is not unsafe. There is a simple definition on the MAST website. Some unsafe boats may be sold to be repaired and made safe again. If this is the case, the registration will be suspended until the boat…

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Latest Notices to Mariners

M281-25 River Tamar, Beauty Point – Pile Removal and Replacement

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M281-25 River Tamar, Beauty Point – Pile Removal and Replacement Mariners are advised that hazard removal works will be carried out in the Beauty Point area using TasPorts’ anchored barge TB Massif from 25 August 2025 until 19 September 2025. The works will involve diving operations, piling and various barge and small vessel movements in…

  • River Tamar - Beauty Point
  • Published on 25 Aug 2025

M285-25 Port of Launceston – Minimum Declared Depths and Maximum Operating Drafts

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M285-25 Port of Launceston – Minimum Declared Depths and Maximum Operating Drafts Following recent mariner reports and hydrographic surveys, the declared depths listed below are now applicable for calculating the maximum operational drafts of commercial vessels operating under pilotage or by a Pilot Exempt Master when transiting to and from all berths on the River…

  • Port of Launceston - Upper Reaches of River Tamar
  • Published on 21 Aug 2025

M284-25 Port of Hobart – Maximum Operating Draft at Risdon Berths

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M284-25 Port of Hobart – Maximum Operating Draft at Risdon Berths Mariners are advised that the Master of any vessel navigating in Zone B, to or from the Berths at the Risdon Facility, is directed to do so with a deepest draft not exceeding 8.7 metres. M310-24 is cancelled.

  • Port of Hobart - Risdon Berths
  • Published on 21 Aug 2025

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