Crew and crew accommodation on seagoing vessels
On professionally operated seagoing vessels, the crew and crew accommodation must comply with national and international requirements. A manning proposal and a Minimum Safe Manning Document (MSMD) are mandatory.
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Seagoing vessels crew Act
The Wet bemanning zeeschepen (Seagoing vessels crew Act, in Dutch) outlines the crew requirements for seagoing vessels. These include:
- Education.
- Training and refresher training.
- Watchkeeping.
- Monsterboekjes (seaman’s books) and Certificates of Competence, CoC, which you can apply for through Kiwa, an organisation that issues licences in the transportation sector on behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands
- Crew composition
- Accommodation
The Seagoing vessels crew Act incorporates the STCW Convention and large parts of the MLC Convention. The act is further detailed in the Besluit bemanning zeeschepen (Seagoing vessels crew Decree, in Dutch) and the Regeling bemanning zeeschepen (Seagoing vessels crew Regulation, in Dutch).