アドミラル・ベネルクス

ベネルクス提督（ABNL ）は、オランダ海軍とベルギー海軍の合同軍事参謀本部の司令官である。^{[ 1 ]}

ABNLの役職は、1995年3月28日のベネサム協定において、参加する2つの海軍の参謀本部の統合とともに創設されました。ABNLは、オランダ海軍とベルギー海軍の共同作戦を担当し、戦時および平時の共同作戦における統合艦隊の作戦準備と展開の責任を負うことができます。何よりも、ABNLは共同の資材と人員の効率的な使用を担当し、両海軍の共同訓練プログラムを監督します。^{[ 2 ]}

現在のABNLはハロルド・リーブレグス中将で、オランダ海軍司令官も務めている。^{[ 3 ]}

ベネルクス海軍司令官は、合同参謀本部の指揮官であり、合同参謀本部は作戦局（DOPS）を構成している。ABNLは副ABNL（DABNL）の補佐を受ける。BENESAM協定の規定により、ABNLの地位はオランダ海軍司令官が担う。DABNLの地位はベルギー海軍司令官が担う。^{[ 2 ]} DOPSはデン・ヘルダーのオランダ海軍本部に本部を置いている。^{[ 2 ]}

ABNL司令部の中心はDOPSですが、運用支援局（DOST）もあります。この2つが協力して、2つの艦隊の運用部隊の運用を統制しています。DOPSは、司令部、運用部、支援部の3つの部門に分かれています。^{[ 2 ]}

• DOPSの指揮部門は、参謀部と海上状況センター（MARSITCEN）で構成されている。MARSITCENはNATO標準のN型組織構造を採用しており、DOPSとベルギー海軍およびオランダ海軍の指揮センターとの連絡役を担っている。
• The operations branch of DOPS consists mainly of the Netherlands Maritime Force (NLMARFOR). NLMARFOR consists of the operational staff that can take direct command to execute missions and is equipped with the logistics facilities to coordinate naval missions and exercises. In addition to NLMARFOR, the operations branch of DOPS consists of the joint training programs for naval personnel: the Sea Training Command (STC) for the navies and the Marine Training Command (MTC) for the marine corps.
• The support branch of DOPS consists of the Marine Warfare Centre (MWC). This center comprises two different groups (the Maritime Doctrine and Tactics Centre and the Centre for Operational Data, Analysis and METOC). The MWC is responsible for analysis and management of operational, tactical and strategic data used by DOPS.

The combined staff (sometimes referred to as the Benelux Admiralty) is a result of developing naval cooperation between the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Belgian Navy. This cooperation was first geared at mutual battlefield cooperation and later at mutual defense in the Cold War as part of NATO's Allied Command Channel (ACCHAN). One of ACCHAN's subordinate commands was the Benelux Sub-Area Channel Command (BENECHAN) based in Den Helder and consisting of the Belgian and Dutch navies. After the end of the Cold War the focus of the Dutch-Belgian cooperation turned more and more to the efficient use of equipment and personnel (also driven by cutbacks in military spending after the collapse of the Soviet Union).

The ABNL was created in a series of treaties known as the Belgium-Netherlands Cooperation Accord (BENESAM, for Belgisch-Nederlandse Samenwerking), starting in 1948:^[4]

• 10 May 1948: Signing of the first BENESAM Accord.
• 27 March 1975: The ABNL is established for wartime operations.
• 15 October 1985: Revision of the BENESAM Accord.
• 28 March 1995: The DutchState Secretary of Defence and the BelgianMinister of Defence sign the ABNL Accord.
• 29 May 1995: The Commander of Dutch Naval Forces (Commandant Zeemacht Nederland (CZMNED)) and the Belgian Chief of Naval Staff (Stafchef Zeemacht (ZS)) sign an accord regarding operational cooperation.
• 1 January 1996: The ABNL command is established in the Naval Headquarters and Coast Guard Centre (MHKC) in Den Helder.
• 1 May 1996: The Commander of Dutch Naval Forces (Commandant Zeemacht Nederland (CZMNED)) and the Belgian Chief of Naval Staff (Stafchef Zeemacht (ZS)) sign an accord regarding joint training.

The BENESAM Accord is currently undergoing revision, with an eye towards even closer cooperation between the two fleets.

• Official website of the Royal Netherlands Navy
• Official website of the Belgian Navy