Governments from across the world express their appreciation to seafarers and pledge to urgently resolve issues that have arisen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 9th representatives from over a dozen countries published a joint statement about the impact of COVID-19 on crew changes.
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What makes the Dutch flag a high-quality flag? Martijn Nieuwenhuijs, the Chief Executive of Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore in the Netherlands explains the benefits for shipowners of building a new vessel under the NL flag.
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On 1 July 2020, the Paris MoU Committee issued their new performance list for flag states. The Dutch flag gained two positions on the newly issued White list and now holds the top position of all EU flags. The position on the list determines the ship’s risk profile and show its performance in meeting safety standards,
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Earlier this year Royal Netherlands Navy entered into a contract for multipurpose (research & survey) support vessel MV Geosea. The vessel was reflagged to the Dutch flag and will be used for mine countermeasure activity, development and training anticipating the Navy's delivery of newbuilding minehunter class vessels.
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In the middle of the corona crisis, Acta Marine inaugurated workboat Coastal Roamer. She is a fuel efficient, shallow-draft ship built by Damen Shipyards. With a bollard pull of 19 tons and operating draft of 1.8 meter she is well equipped for coastal offshore operations. The vessel is registered under the Dutch flag.
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The Dutch economy scores high in global innovation rankings – a position that is certainly reflected in the maritime sector. Arjen Uytendaal, Managing Director of Nederland Maritiem Land, shares his perspective on the strengths of the maritime cluster and the added value of the Dutch ship register.
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As a consequence of COVID-19 related travel restrictions, seafarers were practically unable to travel to ships or their homes. The Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners has teamed up with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to realise air bridges between Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and countries many seafarers call come.
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Message of support to Dutch seafarers (in Dutch) at the moment of 75 years liberation of the Netherlands. HRH Princess Margriet sees similarities of the situation 75 years ago, when Dutch seafarer's fought for our freedom to today's COVID-19 impact on mobility of crew out at sea.
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Spliethoff has acquired a heavy-lift vessel with crane capacity 1,400 mt and registered the vessel under the Dutch flag. The vessel, previously operating in the Beluga Shipping and Hansa Heavy Lift fleet, now trades under the name of Palmgracht. Spliethoff operates over 70 vessels almost all under Dutch flag.
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