Marine Unit (Australian Border Force)

ABF Marine Unit
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Active2015 (2015) – present
CountryAustralia
AgencyAustralian Border Force
TypeCoast guard
Role
Part ofMaritime Border Command
HeadquartersCanberra, Australia.
AbbreviationABF MU
Commanders
Current
commander
Commander Claire Rees (Acting)[1]
Equipment
Boats12 major ships
13 patrol boats
Website
https://www.abf.gov.au/about-us/what-we-do/border-protection/maritime

The Marine Unit, formerly the Australian Customs Service National Marine Unit, is a division of the Australian Border Force which acts as a Coast Guard in guarding Australia's coast. The Marine Unit focuses on surveillance and response activities within the Australian Economic Exclusion Zone, and the operation and training of ships and crews to do so.

  1. ^ "ABF Organisational Chart" (PDF). Retrieved 24 October 2022.