1.There is a General Committee for Accident Prevention of Seafarers, in this section to be named: the Committee. 2.The Committee has the duty of advising Our Minister about taking measures for accident prevention of seafarers. The Committee can make proposals of its own accord to...

1.The causes of shipping disasters which have taken place are investigated on behalf of the state. 2.The investigation consists of a temporary investigation by the Shipping Inspectorate, if necessary followed by an investigation by the Maritime Court of the Netherlands. 3.The temporary investigation is started...

1.The master, the mates and the engineers of a ship, which has met with a disaster or which has caused a disaster, and furthermore anyone who thinks he can give a verdict on the causes of the disaster, may request to be heard themselves as...

1.When the handling of a case with the Court has terminated, the President of the Court gives judgment in public. 2.This judgment should contain a summary of the routine of the investigation performed. 3.When the Court has withdrawn a competence pursuant to Article 36, or...

The costs of the investigation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter are borne by the government insofar as it is done by the Maritime Court of the Netherlands and by Aruba, Curaçao, respectively Sint Maarten, insofar as it is done by the Commission...

1.The master who has misbehaved in respect of his shipping company, the charterers, the crew members, the passengers or other persons on board in any way, may, independent of the civil claim and the criminal claim, be punished disciplinary by the Maritime Court of the...