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...

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...

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...

Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues has recently been replaced by Directive (EU) 2019/883 of 7 April 2019 on port reception facilities for the delivery of waste...

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...

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.

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.

The Port Reception Facilities Decree has been extended by Article 2 sub c, which creates a basis for designating ports for sediments of ballast water. Regulation B-5 of the Annex to the Ballast Water Convention requires ships to deliver ballast water sediments. In this context...

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.

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...