Further contact options
Submitting applications
Please submit applications by mail and also indicate if you need certificates by a specific date. The relevant forms can be found on this website under Applications · Documents or in the relevant texts under Certificates for Seafarers.
Contact by e-mail
Please contact us with questions about an application or with other questions at:
For questions regarding the authenticity and validity of certificates (verification), please contact:
Questions regarding endorsements of recognition should be directed to:
Telephone contact
If required, please contact the following persons for the following topics:
General information on certificates for seafarers
Questions about submitted applications
Questions regarding authenticity and validity of certificates (verification)
- Phone: +49 40 31 90 -71 25
- Mon, Tue, Thu: 9 - 12 am and 1 - 3 pm
Wed: 1 - 3 pm - Fri: 9 - 12 am and 1 - 2:30 pm
Endorsements for foreign navigational and engineering certificates of competency and radio operator's certificates
- Phone: + 40 40 31 90 -71 28
Consultation in professional matters
Deviation from the prescribed training course, including navy
Evaluation of foreign certificates of competency
- Nautical Sciences: Fiscus, Christoph - Phone: +49 40 31 90 -71 89
- Engineering: Tapper, Karsten - Phone: +49 40 31 90 -71 24
- Maritime Radio: Wilde, Simone - Phone: +49 40 31 90 -71 79 (Mon - Thu: 9 am - 1 pm)
Regulatory work
Approval and monitoring of courses and modules
- Neumann, Michael - Phone: +49 40 31 90 -71 88
- Tapper, Karsten - Phone: +49 40 31 90 -71 24
- Wilde, Simone - Phone: +49 40 31 90 -71 79 (Mon - Thu: 9 am - 1 pm)
- Stepanenko, Yewgenija - Phone: +49 40 31 90-7123 (Mon - Thu)
Our address:
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)
Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 78
20359 Hamburg