BASIC MARITIME CONVENTIONS, CODES

MOST IMPORTANT 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 2010 Manila Amendments

MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY AND SHIP/PORT INTERFACE

• Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG), 1972
• Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL), 1965
• International Convention on Load Lines (LL), 1966
• International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979
• Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation(SUA), 1988, and Protocol for the Suppression ofUnlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms located on the Continental Shelf(and the 2005 Protocols)
• International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC), 1972
• Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization (IMSO C), 1976
• The Torremolinos International Convention for theSafety of Fishing Vessels (SFV), 1977,  superseded by the The 1993 TorremolinosProtocol; Cape Town Agreement of 2012 on the Implementation of the Provisions of the 1993 Protocol relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels
• International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F), 1995
• Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement (STP), 1971 and Protocol on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships, 1973

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 (LC), 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 (OPRC-HNSProtocol)
• 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

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 ofMaritime 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 Protocol)
• International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with theCarriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea(HNS), 1996 (and its 2010 Protocol)
• International Convention on Civil Liability forBunker 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), 19li>