diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/license-review/config/actions.ts b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/license-review/config/actions.ts
index 2ce63ea65..6a5bf7118 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/license-review/config/actions.ts
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/license-review/config/actions.ts
@@ -358,6 +358,18 @@ export function resolveActions(ctx: ResolveContext): ResolvedAction[] {
       if (action.id === 'schedule-inspection' && ctx.hasPendingInspection) return [];
       if (action.id === 'record-inspection' && !ctx.hasPendingInspection) return [];
 
+      // The transition table doesn't know which types need an inspection, so
+      // `availableEvents` lists approve-documents at UNDER_EVALUATION even for
+      // types without one — where the server refuses it
+      // (`inspection_not_required_use_final_approve`). Final Approve is the
+      // real action there; don't render its dead twin.
+      if (
+        action.id === 'approve-documents' &&
+        !app.licenseType?.inspectionRequired
+      ) {
+        return [];
+      }
+
       const disabled = (reason: string): ResolvedAction => ({
         ...action,
         enabled: false,
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/license-review/queue-views.ts b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/license-review/queue-views.ts
index 6b167779b..42e9d0eb3 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/license-review/queue-views.ts
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/license-review/queue-views.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,13 @@ export const DEFAULT_VIEW: SavedViewId = 'unassigned';
  * even though the family kind is DOCUMENT because the certificate they produce
  * is a document rather than a licence.
  */
-const CLAIMABLE_NON_LOGISTICS = new Set(['VESSEL_REGISTRATION']);
+const CLAIMABLE_NON_LOGISTICS = new Set([
+  'VESSEL_REGISTRATION',
+  // Endorsements run the standard claim-first workflow: applications arrive
+  // unassigned and an officer claims them, even though the family kind is
+  // CERTIFICATE.
+  'ENDORSEMENT_SEAFARER',
+]);
 
 /**
  * Does this queue have an unclaimed pool to triage?