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...

Union legislation on a system of mandatory surveys for the safe operation of regular ro-ro passenger ship and high-speed passenger craft services dates from 1999. That legislation needed to be updated in order to take into account progress in the implementation of the port state...

With the amendment of the Seafarers Regulation amendments were also made to the model for the Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance, Part I and Part II. These amendments implement the amendments to standards A2.5 (repatriation) and A4.2 (ship-owner's liability) of the Maritime Labour Convention (MIF)...

The Port Reception Facilities Decree was amended in connection with the implementation of the Ballast Water Convention by Decree of 3 January 2013, BAD 2013, 18. A new item c has been added to Article 2 after item b. In BAD 2017, 333 has been...

Since 1 January 2018, the Health and Safety Act has obliged occupational physicians and occupational health and safety services to report occupational diseases to an institution designated by the Minister. Article 9, paragraph 4 provides a basis for the financing of the designated institution.