Against Whom

In principle, the ship can only be arrested for claims against the registered owner or bareboat charterer. The ship cannot be arrested for claims against the time charterer.

It is also possible to arrest so-called sister-ships. In other words, ships in the same ownership may be arrested in accordance with article 3 of the Arrest Convention and Dutch law. Due to the fact that most ships are owned by single ship companies, this possibility does not occur very often.