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List of IMO Conventions
List of IMO Conventions
Related Protocols are referred to under the main Convention
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Key IMO Conventions
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (
SOLAS
), 1974, as amended
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto and by the Protocol of 1997(
MARPOL
International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (
STCW
) as amended, including the 1995 and Manila Amendments
Other conventions relating to maritime safety and security and ship/port interface
Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (
FAL
), 1965
International Convention on
Load Lines
(LL), 1966
Special Trade Passenger Ships
Agreement (STP), 1971 and Protocol on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships, 1973
Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (
COLREG
), 1972
International
Convention for Safe Containers
(CSC), 1972
Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization (
INMARSAT
), 1976
The Torremolinos International Convention for the
Safety of Fishing Vessels
(SFV), 1977
International Convention on Maritime
Search and Rescue
(SAR), 1979
International Convention on
Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel
(STCW-F), 1995
Convention for the
Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
(SUA), 1988 (and its 2005 Protocol)
Other conventions relating to prevention of marine pollution
International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties (
INTERVENTION
), 1969
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by
Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
(LDC), 1972 (and the 1996 London Protocol)
International Convention on
Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation
(OPRC), 1990
Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000 (
HNS Protocol
International Convention on the Control of Harmful
Anti-fouling Systems
on Ships (AFS), 2001
International Convention for the Control and Management of
Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments
, 2004
The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound
Recycling of Ships
, 2009
Conventions covering liability and compensation
International Convention on
Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
(CLC), 1969
1992 Protocol to the International Convention on the Establishment of an
International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage
(FUND 1992)
Convention relating to Civil Liability in the Field of
Maritime Carriage of Nuclear Material
(NUCLEAR), 1971
Athens Convention relating to the
Carriage of Passengers
and their Luggage by Sea (PAL), 1974
Convention on
Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims
(LLMC), 1976
International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the
Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea
(HNS), 1996 (and its 2010 Protocol)
International Convention on Civil Liability for
Bunker Oil Pollution Damage
, 2001
Nairobi International Convention on the
Removal of Wrecks
, 2007
Other subjects
International Convention on
Tonnage Measurement of Ships
(TONNAGE), 1969
International Convention on
Salvage
(SALVAGE), 1989
Convention establishing IMO
Convention on the International Maritime Organization
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