Category: Netherlands

15th November 2021
Declaration of Nationality
Every flag state has their own registration procedures. Some are fairly simple and straightforward registrations based on documents alone and others are slightly more complicated...
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11th June 2021
The Netherlands, ship station licence
The requirements to apply for a Dutch ships station licence are stricter than in the past. Since some years now the main condition is that the yacht has to be registered in the...
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31st October 2020
Italy bans the ICP, the TV documentary
Nieuwsuur, a highly respected news programme on the Dutch public TV network NOS, aired a documentary about the ICP on 28 and 29 October 2020. The International Certificate of...
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12th October 2020
Italy bans the ICP
The last few months both Italian yacht owners with an ICP, as well as other EU nationals with an International Certificate for Pleasure crafts were undergoing discomfort in Italy,...
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15th November 2017
Choosing a home port in the Netherlands
One of the perks of the International Certificate for Pleasurecraft (ICP) is that you can select your own homeport. Strange as this may sound, but you can select any city or town...
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10th April 2017
ICP Forgery
Photography can be a lonely business, but there is no reason why that has to be the case. Of course, there are many that enjoy the solitude. If you’re a photographer who enjoys...
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