IMO Conventions Titles
IMO Conventions Titles
IMO Conventions Titles
• 1991 amendments to the IMO Convention which were adopted by the Assembly of the
Organization on 7 November 1991 by resolution A.724(17) (IMO AMENDS -91) (in
force);
• 1993 aamendments to the IMO Convention which were adopted by the Assembly of the
Organization on 4 November 1993 by resolution A.735(18) (IMO AMENDS-93) (in
force);
• International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended (SOLAS 1974)
(in force);
• Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,
1974, as amended (SOLAS PROT 1978) (in force);
• Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,
1974 (SOLAS PROT 1988) (in force);
• Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973, as amended (MARPOL 73/78)
• Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL PROT
1997) (in force);
• Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (LL PROT
1988) (in force);
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• International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC 1969)
(in force);
• Protocol to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage,
1969 (CLC PROT 1976) (in force);
• Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil
Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC PROT 1992) (in force);
• Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement, 1971 (STP 1971) (in force);
• Protocol on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships, 1973 (SPACE STP
1973) (in force);
• International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC), 1972, as amended (CSC 1972) (in
force);
• Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974
(PAL 1974) (in force);
• Protocol to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their
Luggage by Sea, 1974 (PAL PROT 1976) (in force);
• Protocol of 1990 to amend the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers
and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 (PAL PROT 1990) (not yet in force);
• Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and
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their Luggage by Sea, 1974 (PAL PROT 2002) (not yet in force);
• International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979 (SAR 1979) (in force);
• Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime
Navigation (SUA) (in force);
• Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms
Located on the Continental Shelf (SUA PROT) (in force);
• Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the
Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA 2005) (not yet in force);
• Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety
of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf (SUA PROT 2005) (not yet in
force);
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the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 (HNS 1996) (not yet in
force);
• International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001
(BUNKERS 2001) (in force);
• International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and
Sediments, 2004 (BWM 2004) (not yet in force);
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Instruments which are in force or applicable but which are no longer fully operational
because they have been superseded by later instruments1
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1948 (SOLAS 1948)
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended
(OILPOL 1954)
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1960 (SOLAS 1960)
International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil
Pollution Damage, 1971 (FUND 1971)
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Instruments not yet in force and not intended to enter into force
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL 1973)
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Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977 (SFV 1977)
Protocol of 1984 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution
Damage, 1969 (CLC PROT 1984)
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