Australian Maritime College

Australian Maritime College
Established 1980
Type Public
Chairman Dr Michael Vertigan AC
Chancellor Michael Field AC
Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Rathjen
Principal Professor Neil Bose
Students 861 EFTSL (2010)
Location Launceston and Beauty Point, Tasmania, Australia Australia
Campus Newnham & Beauty Point
Colours      Navy Blue
Nickname AMC
Affiliations University of Tasmania; International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU)
Website www.amc.edu.au

The Australian Maritime College (AMC) is a tertiary education institution based in Launceston, Tasmania and is an institute of the University of Tasmania. AMC is Australia's national centre for maritime education, training and research. It has two campuses located within 50 kilometres (31 mi) of each other in Northern Tasmania, each with different facilities and residence.

AMC comprises three national centres that offer courses in maritime engineering, marine environment, maritime logistics and seafaring. The national centres are:

AMC also has a commercial arm, AMC Search Ltd, that provides maritime related training and consultancy for a wide range of international and Australian organisations and individuals including the Federal Government Pacific Patrol Boat Program.

Newnham Campus

The AMC's main campus is situated at Newnham, 6 kilometres from the centre of Tasmania's second largest city, Launceston. Facilities located at the Newnham campus include:

Recently refurbished facility that boasts a full mission bridge, tug bridge and six smaller, fully integrated simulators capable of reproducing busy ports in a range of conditions.

The only commercially operating facility in Australia, this 100-metre (330 ft) long tank is used to measure the resistance of ships hulls in order to provide powering predictions.

This 35-by-12-metre (115 ft × 39 ft) facility is ideally suited for conducting hydrodynamic experiments with an emphasis on maritime operations within shallow water environments.

One of the only dedicated facilities for the study of fish and shellfish cultivation in Australia and as such has extensive aquarium facilities used for both research and teaching.

This facility is dedicated to the study of cavitation - vapour cavities formed by low pressure - on foils, propellers and other underwater forms. It also features rigorous control of dissolved and free small bubble gas content.

The Centre is used for the conduct of training exercises, to test new life saving appliances and for some research activities. It consists of an indoor heated pool and a mock ship’s superstructure, complete with life raft launching facilities.

The AMC is unique as it is the only University in the world to have all these facilities in one area.

AMC also has a Marine Firetraining Centre located at Bell Bay, 48km north of Launceston, which is equipped with a full range of marine firefighting equipment and specialises in practical training.

Beauty Point Facilities

The Beauty Point facilities are home to AMC's training vessels, including Bluefin.

Accommodation

Investigator Hall

Sunken Garden in the centre of Investigator Hall

Investigator Hall is AMC's residence on the Newnham Campus and provides catered accommodation to both AMC and University of Tasmania students. The residence is named after HMS Investigator, the vessel used by Matthew Flinders to circumnavigate Australia.

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Coordinates: 41°23′54″S 147°7′16″E / 41.39833°S 147.12111°E