In 2020 and 2022, sailors on the crane ship "Sleipnir" carried out short-term work at sea on the Danish continental shelf, and therefore they should have had a Danish work permit, the Eastern High Court ruled on Friday.

Lawyer Louise Wichmann Madsen, who represents the sailors' Dutch employer, Heerema Marine Contractors, informs Ritzau that the high court has acquitted the Danish state of the allegations that her client had made in the case. Formally speaking, it was the Ministry of Immigration and Integration and the Agency for International Recruitment and Integration that were sued.

The company demanded the court's word that the foreign crew could legally work on Danish maritime territory and the continental shelf, even if they had not received permission from the immigration authorities. In addition, the shipping company demanded compensation in an amount corresponding to a total of DKK 22 million. DKK..

But in the high court there was nothing to follow, and the Dutch shipping company must now consider whether to appeal the verdict to the Supreme Court. Due to the principled nature of the case, it has been dealt with by the High Court as first instance. Thus, it can easily be appealed to the Supreme Court. Normally this requires a special permit, but not in this case.

The ship "Sleipnir" is 200 meters long and 102 meters wide. It is the world's largest so-called semi submersible crane vessel - it can be translated as "partially submersible crane vessel". Its lifting capacity is 10,000 tonnes.

The ship is registered in Panama and sails under the Panamanian flag. In 2020 and 2022 it participated in work on the Tyra gas field in the North Sea. Since 2018, the field has been under reconstruction due to submergence of the seabed.

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In 2020 and 2022, sailors on the crane ship "Sleipnir" carried out short-term work at sea on the Danish continental shelf, and therefore they should have had a Danish work permit, the Eastern High Court ruled on Friday.

Lawyer Louise Wichmann Madsen, who represents the sailors' Dutch employer, Heerema Marine Contractors, informs Ritzau that the high court has acquitted the Danish state of the allegations that her client had made in the case. Formally speaking, it was the Ministry of Immigration and Integration and the Agency for International Recruitment and Integration that were sued.

The company demanded the court's word that the foreign crew could legally work on Danish maritime territory and the continental shelf, even if they had not received permission from the immigration authorities. In addition, the shipping company demanded compensation in an amount corresponding to a total of DKK 22 million. DKK..

But in the high court there was nothing to follow, and the Dutch shipping company must now consider whether to appeal the verdict to the Supreme Court. Due to the principled nature of the case, it has been dealt with by the High Court as first instance. Thus, it can easily be appealed to the Supreme Court. Normally this requires a special permit, but not in this case.

The ship "Sleipnir" is 200 meters long and 102 meters wide. It is the world's largest so-called semi submersible crane vessel - it can be translated as "partially submersible crane vessel". Its lifting capacity is 10,000 tonnes.

The ship is registered in Panama and sails under the Panamanian flag. In 2020 and 2022 it participated in work on the Tyra gas field in the North Sea. Since 2018, the field has been under reconstruction due to submergence of the seabed.

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