This Directive has been adjusted to new legislation on a system of mandatory surveys for the safe operation of regular ro-ro passenger craft services and high-speed passenger craft (Directive (EU) 2017/2110.

In a letter dated 23 October 2019, the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Van Nieuwenhuizen provided an overview of the state of affairs regarding preparations for the Brexit in the area of ​(among other things) ​maritime shipping).For maritime shipping, the international regulations of...

By amending Article 1 of this Decree, the Ballast Water Treaty is one of the treaties whose compliance is checked when a port State inspection is carried out. This change applies on 9 September 2017.

With the "Collective Act IenM 2018", Article 11d of the Port State Control Act has been tightened, in order to implement the sanctions policy for violations of the STCW Convention, the SOLAS Convention and the Maritime Labor Convention. This amendment of the law applies from...

An update of the Bareboat Register has been published on het website of the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate. This register provides an overview of seagoing vessels with a foreign registration that sail under the Dutch flag.The documents can be found here.

From 21 December 2019, seagoing vessels must also report electronically in smaller ports in the Netherlands. The municipalities of these smaller ports will use the reporting systems of nearby larger ports for this.When visiting a port, seagoing vessels must report to the competent authority of...

Many cruise ship passengers and cargo vessel crew have found themselves stranded since the outbrak of the coronavirus pandemic. European Commission has issued guidelines to provide recommendations on health, repatriation and travel arrangements. They also call on Member States to create a network of ports...