The bulkcarrier MINERAL NEW YORK (IMO 9519767) was registered on the Belgian register of seagoing ships under registration No 01.00758.2010 on 23 July 2010. The 91,971 GT bulkcarrier is owned by the Antwerp based shipping company NV Bocimar Interational. - De bulkcarrier MINERAL NEW YORK met IMO-nr.9519767 werd geregistreerd in het Belgisch register der zeeschepen onder registratienr.01.00758.2010 op 23 juli 2010. Dit vrachtschip met een brutotonnenmaat van 91971 ton is eigendom van de te Antwerpen gevestigde reder NV Bocimr International.

The Belgian Shipowners' Association (KBRV) has published its 2009 annual report. The report contains useful information about the Belgian merchant fleet and the activities of Belgian shipping companies in 2009 (www.brv.be). The document is attached to this news item (only downloadable for registered users).

The new 2010 Belgian tax survey is available and downloadable from this site (>Downloads>Taxes).

Het nieuw Fiscaal Memento 2010 is beschikbaar en downloadbaar via: http://www.docufin.be/websedsdd/intersalgnl/thema/publicaties/memento/me....

Le nouveau Mémento Fiscal 2010 est disponible et téléchargeable à partir du site: http://www.docufin.be/websedsdd/intersalgfr/thema/publicaties/memento/me...

The European Land Registry Association (ELRA) has published in its 2010 Annual Publication (pages 33 through 44) a study written by the Belgian ship mortgage registrar about the possibility of a mortgage being registered agaiinst an offshore wind farm under Belgian law.

More information about ELRA can be found on the website: www.elra.eu.

A copy of this study is attached below.

The LNGRV tanker EXPEDIENT (IMO 9389643) was registered on the Belgian register of seagoing ships under registration No 01.00745.2010 on 2 April 2010. The 100,361 GT tanker is owned by the Antwerp based shipping company NV Expedient. - Het LNGRV-tankschip EXPEDIENT met IMO-nr.9389643 werd geregistreerd in het Belgisch register der zeeschepen onder registratienr.01.00745.2010 op 2 april 2010. Dit tankschip met een brutotonnenmaat van 100361 ton is eigendom van de te Antwerpen gevestigde reder NV Expedient.

The Maritime Institute of the University of Ghent is organizing its 14the Maritime Congress on 19 May 2010 . The congress will debate about the problems of greenhouse gas emissions caused by international shipping and about the measures proposed by IMO and EU to reduce these emissions.

The winter 2010 edition of the Belgian quarterly magazine Lloyd Special has published an interesting feature about the ongoing Scheldt's deepening. The article is only attached/downloadable for registered users.

In het laatste kwartaalnummer van het magazine Lloyd Special - bijlage bij De Lloyd - verscheen een interessant artikel over de verdieping van de Schelde. Het artikel wordt enkel bijgevoegd, en is enkel downloadbaar, voor geregistreerde gebruikers. 

The 2009 Unctad Review of Maritime Transport is available on this site (>Downloads > Unctad). 

Het verslag (2009) van de Unctad over het zeevervoer kan in het Engels geraadpleegd worden op deze site (>Downloads > Unctad > UnctadReviewMaritimeTransport2009).

L'etude sur les transports maritimes (2009) de la CNUCED peut être consultée en anglais sur ce site ( > Downloads > UnctadReviewMaritimeTransport2009).

The ship mortgage registrar has written a paper about whether it is possible under Belgian law to mortgage an offshore wind farm. The paper was published in the last issue of the Belgian law review "Jurisprudence du Port d'Anvers / Rechtspraak van de Haven van Antwerpen", which was released only a couple of days ago. The registrar concludes that a Belgian land mortgage can definitely not be registered against an offshore wind farm, since the Belgian land mortgage act - or any other national land mortgage law for that matter - does not apply outside of the national territory.

The Belgian official journal has published anti-piracy legislation. A first act makes piracy against ships a criminal offence punishable by long term imprisonment. A second act deals with prosecution of piracy and other aspects of criminal procedure involved. The Dutch and French texts of both acts are attached. They can be downloaded by registered users.