Crew Requirements

  • Every seaman employed on a Luxembourg flagged vessel must hold a Luxembourg seaman's book. The link for the electronic application form is here.
  • Every seamen employed on a Luxembourg flagged vessel must be covered by a social security, as set out in the Luxembourg Maritime Act. This table (Pdf, 81 Kb) helps you identifying the applicable social security scheme.
  • The Company shall ensure, at all times, that regardless of their capacity and/or duties, seafarers serving on board passenger ships, tankers, high-speed craft (HSC) or mobile offshore unit (MOU) and mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) meet the following requirements:
    1. health (medical certificate);
    2. training (including additional training and updates);
    3. experience and
    4. certification.
  • The master and all the officers must hold a Luxembourg Endorsement Attesting the Recognition of a Certificate of Competency (CoC) and/or a Certificate of Proficiency and present this document for inspection by a Port State Control Officer (PSCO), if and when requested.
  • Certificates of Competency (CoCs) and/or Certificates of Proficiency (CoPs) issued by any Member State of the European Union (EU) are recognized in Luxembourg.
  • CoCs and/or CoPs issued by a non EU state may also be recognized in Luxembourg provided that:
    1. permission for issuing an Endorsement Attesting the Recognition of a Certificate of Competency (CoC) and/or a Certificate of Proficiency (CoP) has been granted by the European Commission and
    2. an agreement for the recognition of certificates has been signed with the third country. The list of the countries currently recognized by Luxembourg is available here.
  • CoCs and/or CoPs issued by countries who are not part of the list can not be recognized.(A procedure for the recognition of a third-country by the European Commission may be initiated after the evaluation of a formal request presented to the Commissioner of maritime affairs).
  • The application form for the Endorsement attesting the issue of a Certificate of Competency and/or a Certificate of Proficiency can be downloaded here.
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