DOEVE COURTIERS / SWORN EXPERTS IN PLEASURE BOATS AND VESSELS SINCE 1972

Competence and Reliability

Doeve Courtiers / Sworn Experts operate both nationally and internationally. Among other things, by placing our entire range of boats for sale on national and international websites, regularly inserting ads in a number of nautical magazines here and abroad, and exchanging data related to our boats for sale with many external fellow brokers.

Doeve Courtiers / Sworn Experts are specialists in the fields of:

• Mediation in purchase and sale of motor yachts and sailing yachts, and particularly for (former) commercial vessels, whether or not already converted for living and/or navigation, located domestically and abroad.
• Expert appraisals, including international ones (on behalf of banks and tax authorities, for property divisions, etc.).
• Registration in the Dutch cadastral register (for inland vessels), registration and transfer as well as deregistration of boats in the register. Upon your request, we conduct searches in foreign cadastral registers.

Marine Consultants:

• General nautical advice
• Purchase advice (bring your own expert!)
• Assistance and settlement of nautical claims

If you have questions concerning one or more of the above topics, please contact us by email at: contact@doeve.fr

Craftsmanship

Doeve, Courtiers / Sworn Experts, started under the name «Scheepskoopers Jachtmakelaardij» (Scheepskoopers Boat Broker) in Vlaardingen (Netherlands) in 1972. We operated not only brokerage of boats but also a shipyard in Lelystad (NL), from 1977 to mid-1996. Between 1988 and 1996, we had a second agency with a sales port in Hellevoetsluis (NL). We sold Scheepskoopers Boat Broker in 1996. Our brokerage company then restarted under the name «Sander Doeve Jachtmakelaardij» (Sander Doeve Boat Broker). The brokerage company was converted into a V.O.F. (general partnership) in 2009 under the name ‘Doeve Courtiers and Surveyors of boats and vessels’. In 2001 Jitse Doeve joined the company. Before that, he sailed for several years on the Rhine and inland and coastal waterways. In 2016 Rick Buis joined to strengthen the team in Vlaardingen (NL).

The Brokers

• Mr. Jitse Doeve, certified as a broker and expert by EMCI (European Maritime Certification Institute).
• Mr. Rick Buis, certified as a broker and expert by EMCI (European Maritime Certification Institute).

The EMCI certificate (European Maritime Certification Institute):

A sworn and certified broker/expert is your guarantee for competence and reliability (emci-register.com). He/she has been deeply tested for certification regarding acquired knowledge, understanding of business, and has been examined on integrity (his/her business background). He/she must provide evidence of continuous education every year. The broker also participates voluntarily in EMCI disciplinary and claims law. In case of misconduct, the institute can revoke the certificate. EMCI stands for: European Maritime Certification Institute. An independent institute (SA) recognized by "Lloyds Register".

Reliability

Doeve Courtiers / Sworn Experts are Hiswa Qualified Yacht & Ship Brokers. A broker recognized by the Dutch marine professionals association (HISWA). We operate according to HISWA brokerage conditions. These are established in good agreement with ANWB, the ‘Consumentenbond’ and Consumentencontact (defenders of Dutch consumer interests). The brokerage conditions are accepted by the “SER” (the Economic and Social Council of the Netherlands). In case of dispute with a broker recognized by HISWA, clients can make use of the nautical dispute commission in The Hague (NL).

Regarding payments and handling of temporary third-party funds, Doeve Courtiers / Sworn Experts have a foundation for handling third-party funds.
The foundation is fully legally separated from Doeve Courtiers / Sworn Experts and therefore provides security for buyers and sellers!

The company Doeve Courtiers / Sworn Experts is a member of HISWA (www.hiswa.nl). Jitse and Rick are personally affiliated with NBMS (Dutch Association of Boat Brokers) www.nbms.nl.