The Fine Imposition Working Conditions Legislation Policy Guideline has been amended by Policy Guideline of the Minister for Social Affairs and Employment of 7 Augustus 2017, GG 2017, 46342. The amendments aim at the reinforcement of the involvement of employers and employees in the supply...

Occupational Safety and Health ActBy means of the Verzamelwet (Collective Act) SZW 2018 of 29 November 2017, a correction of a legal nature was made to the Occupational Safety and Health Act: the applicability of Article 5:34 of the General Administrative Law Act to Article...

Prevention of Pollution from Ships DecreeThe Prevention of Pollution from Ships Decree has been extended to implement three resolutions of the IMO Marine Environment Committee (MEPC) of 15 July 2011. These are MEPC Resolutions. 200(62), MEPC.201(62) and MEPC. 203(62). Resolutions MEPC.200(62) and MEPC.203(62) amended Annex...

The Regulation Safety Seagoing Vessels has been amended and updated with regard to certain technical requirements for ships, in particular with regard to fire safety regulations and the rectification of a single omission. Furthermore, a few items have been updated in order to take account...

The Seafarers Act and the Civil Code Book 7, title 10, have been supplemented by an arrangement whereby the ship's manager will ensure the repatriation of the seafarer if the employer has left the seafarer behind. This supplement is regulated by the Act of 20...

In preparing for the Brexit the EU has published several specific notices.Several of these notices concern shipping, such as:Maritime transportCO2 emissions reporting in maritime transportShip recyclingSeafarer qualificationsAviation and maritime security.These and other notices can be found at and downloaded from this EU website: Preparedness notices.

In the COVID-19 situation it is important that the exchange and repatriation of these seafarers between the Netherlands and their country of residence is facilitated. This concerns enlisting seafarers who travel from outside the Schengen borders to a ship in a Dutch port, as well...

Björn Kramer, (SFI), Offshore Wind Power department at TÜV SÜD Industrie Service in Hamburg Calculation models and simulations are important tools in preventing accidents involving ships and offshore wind turbines. Many aspects of ship collision analysis are currently the subject of discussion. Namely, how do...

Met wijziging van de Regeling zeevarenden, zijn tevens wijzigingen aangebracht aan het model voor de Verklaring naleving maritieme arbeid Deel I en Deel II. Deze wijzigingen implementeren de op 11 juni 2014, tijdens de 103de zitting van de Internationale Arbeidsconferentie goedgekeurde wijzigingen van norm A2.5...

The Seafarers Regulation has been amended in five respects. Firstly, it provides for the possibility of avoiding the presence of night accommodation on vessels used exclusively for so-called non-continuous navigation, in particular for vessels intended for the maintenance of wind farms in the North Sea...