Ship arrest in Belgium – part I

Clive Van Aerde 1 examines the arrest on the ship to which the claim relates, in the first of his two articles on ship arrest. Part II, which looks at the arrest on sister ships, will follow in the next issue.

ARREST OF THE SHIP TO WHICH THE CLAIM RELATES

1.1.The arrest can always be done on the ship to which the claim relates if it is still in the same ownership

Belgium is a party to the Arrest Convention of 10 May 1952 (the Arrest Convention). It was incorporated into Belgian law by Statute of 24 March 1961.