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🇧🇪 Belgium
ISO BEL / BE
Regulatory
- MLC 2006
- ratified (2013-08-07)
- Paris MoU rating
- white
- Tokyo MoU rating
- not-listed
- USCG Qualship 21
- not listed
- ITF FoC
- not listed
Registry
- Vessel count
- 200
- Deadweight
- 4
- Administration
- Directorate-General Maritime Transport, Belgium
- File a complaint
- Official form
Major dredging fleet; Antwerp world's second-largest European port
What this means for seafarers
- MLC 2006: This flag has ratified MLC 2006. Vessels must hold a valid Maritime Labour Certificate + DMLC Part II posted onboard. You can file an MLC complaint via the flag administration.
- Port-state-control profile: high-performing flag — fewer detentions on average. Read about PSC regimes →
- STCW: Party to STCW. Verify a CoC issued under this flag at the administration.
See also: flag risk explained · MLC ratification list · white/grey/black lists.
Companies headquartered in Belgium
- Euronav NV · operator
- ABX Logistics · operator
- PostEurop · operator
- Group Van Elsen Cargo Care · operator
- Koninklijke Carabiniers 1830 Lembeek · operator
Ports in Belgium
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