1.Before undertaking voyages with his ship, the master is obliged to provide for: a.the ship being completely seaworthy and all appropriate openings inboard and outboard being closed adequately; b.the necessary life-saving and safety appliances, as well as surgical appliances and bandages and an appropriate manual...

By Order in Council for the Kingdom requirements are laid down regarding routing of ships.

The officials of the Shipping Inspectorate in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten and in the public authorities Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba are entitled to demand information, insofar as that is reasonably necessary for the fulfillment of their jobs.

Section 5.3.1 of the General Administrative Law Act is not applicable to the competence as referred to in the Articles 6 and 7.

1.The port authority refuses access to the port of any ship that: sails under the flag of a state with a degree of arrest covered by the black list established in accordance with the MOU on the basis of the information registered in the inspection...

1.Our Minister may take a decision to remove a ship from a port if it is established during an inspection that the certificate, as referred to in Annex IV, under 41, of the Directive or the Document of Compliance, as referred to in Annex IV...