Seafarers' documents
There are three ways to verify the authenticity and validity of German certificates of competency and proficiency as well as endorsements of recognition:
1. Online
(only for German certificates of competency and profiency as well as endorsements of recognition issued by BSH)
If you are not yet registered, please send an e-mail to verification@bsh.de with the information who requires the excess and why. For reasons of data protection, a registration is only permissible for companies and foreign shipping authorities with justified interest.
2. By means of e-mail (via the IMO website)
3. By means of fax or postal mail
Please save the form verification on your PC and send the completed form by means of e-mail, fax or postal mail to the BSH. You will receive an answer the same way.
Contact details:
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)
Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 78, 20359 Hamburg
Phone + 49 (0) 40 - 3190 7125
Fax + 49 (0)40 - 3190 5000
E-mail: verification@bsh.de