IMO CONVENTION RELATED TO SAFETY, POLLUTION AND LIABILITY COMPENSATION

IMO CONVENTIONS RELATED TO SAFETY,POLLUTION,

 LIABILITY COMPENSATION

Maritime Safety

Marine Pollution

Liability and Compensation

Maritime Safety 1.International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974
2.International Convention on Load Lines (LL), 1966
3.Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement (STP), 1971
4.Protocol on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships, 1973
5.Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG), 1972
6.International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC), 1972
7.Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT), 1976
8.The Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels (SFV), 1977
9.International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers  (STCW), 1978
10.International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing
Vessel Personnel (STCW-F), 1995
11.International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979
Marine Pollution

1. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78) is the combination of following annexes amended and added
   a) Annex I  Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil (entered into force 2 October 1983) 
  b) Annex II  Regulations for the Control of  Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk  (entered into force 2 October 1983) 
  c) Annex III Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form (entered into force 1 July 1992) 
  d) Annex IV Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships  (entered into force 27 September 2003)

  e)  Annex V Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships (entered into force 31 December 1988) 

  f)  Annex VI Prevention of  Air Pollution from Ships (entered into force 19 May 2005)

2. International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties (INTERVENTION), 1969 

3. Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (LDC), 1972 

4. International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC), 

5. Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000 (HNS Protocol) 

6. International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships (AFS), 2001 

7. International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and
Sediments, 2004
Liability and Compensation
1. International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (CLC), 1969
2. International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (FUND), 1971
3. Convention relating to Civil Liability in the Field of Maritime Carriage of Nuclear Material
(NUCLEAR), 1971 

4. Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (PAL), 1974
5. Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC), 1976
6. International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS), 1996
7. International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001