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Status of Maritime Conventions
Our monthly Status of Maritime Conventions chart provides information about States’ ratifications of International Conventions, mainly in the areas of limitation of liabilities & pollution, etc.
The Conventions listed here have already entered into force.
As of 1 October 2025
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Legends
| Conventions | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 | CLC Convention 69 |
| Protocol of 1976 to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 | CLC Protocol 76 |
| Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 | CLC Protocol 92 |
| Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 | FUND Protocol 92 |
| Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992 | FUND Protocol 2003 |
| International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, 1924 | Hague Rules |
| Protocol to amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, 1968 | Hague-Visby Protocol |
| Protocol of 1979 to amend the Hague Visby Rules | Hague-Visby Protocol 1979 |
| United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 | Hamburg Rules |
| International Convention relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Sea-Going Ships, 1957 | 1957 Limitation Convention |
| Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 | LLMC Convention 76 |
| 1996 Protocol to the 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims | LLMC Protocol 96 |
| Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended (Annex I & II) | MARPOL 73/78 (Annex I/II) |
| Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended (Annex III) | MARPOL 73/78 (Annex III) |
| Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended (Annex IV) | MARPOL 73/78 (Annex IV) |
| Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended (Annex V) | MARPOL 73/78 (Annex V) |
| 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 (Annex VI) | MARPOL Protocol 97 (Annex VI) |
| International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended | SOLAS Convention 74 |
| Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the SOLAS | SOLAS Protocol 78 |
| International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended | STCW Convention 78 |
| Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 | PAL Convention 74 |
| Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 | PAL Protocol 2002 |
| International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 | Bunker Convention 01 |
| Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007 | NAIROBI WRC 2007 |
| Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 | MLC, 2006 |
| International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 | BWM 2004 |