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Cleaning licence for a cleaning ship

Do you clean vessels with a cleaning ship? For instance, you clean a ship that contains or has contained dangerous or hazardous substances. In the Netherlands, you may need a cleaning licence from the...

Compulsory insurance for foreign seafarers

Do you employ seafaring personnel from outside the EU on a Dutch-flagged ship? You must register with the Association Sea-Risk 1967 (Vereniging Zee-Risico 1967, ZR 67, in Dutch). This way seafarers...

Professional qualifications and diplomas

You do not need a separate diploma or a permit to work in the Netherlands or to establish a business in the Netherlands. However, for certain professions you need to meet specific professional...

Attention: amendment

Registration and notification of (hazardous) industrial waste

In the Netherlands, you must keep a waste record (afvalstoffenregistratie) if you remove, transport, treat, or process industrial waste. Or if you act as a dealer or broker of waste. In some cases,...

Rules for Dutch inland navigation

The Inland Shipping Act (in Dutch) contains requirements for, among others: the reliability, interior, and equipment of a vessel the (crew's) working conditions the skipper's professional competence...

Attention: amendment

Seafarer certificates and seaman's book

Are you a seafarer on a Dutch ship? You must have a valid certificate of competency (vaarbevoegdheidsbewijs) and a seaman’s book (monsterboekje). in some cases you need a certificate of proficiency...

Selling or using fuels

The information in this article may change after 1 January 2024 Some of the information on this page may change after the Environment and Planning Act comes into effect on 1 January 2024. It will be...

Ship safety at sea (Ships Act)

Are you the captain, master, or owner of a ship? You are responsible for your ship’s safety. The Dutch Ships Act (Schepenwet) aims at preventing shipping disasters at sea and addresses such issues as...

Surrendering industrial waste

In the Netherlands, you must surrender industrial waste to authorised collectors or authorised waste processors. Authorised collectors transport the waste to authorised processors. You can find the...

Union certificate of qualification as a boatmaster (large licence)

Do you work in commercial shipping on Dutch inland waterways? With a Union certificate of qualification as a boatmaster, you are authorised to operate all types of vessels for commercial purposes. Do...

Attention: amendment

Use of a marine radio telephone

Do you want to use a marine radio telephone or other maritime transmission devices in the Netherlands? Then you must first register its use and in some cases you may need a licence. When is a marine...

Working hours and rest times

Do you run a business in the Netherlands and do you employ staff? Or does your business have its registered office outside of the Netherlands but you employ workers in the Netherlands? Then you must...

Attention: amendment

Working in enclosed spaces

Working in an enclosed space means that the workplace is difficult to access and has little natural ventilation. It is often cramped, poorly lit, and there are few ways to escape. Hazardous substances...

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