The International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters has been developed to supplement existing IMO instruments in order to increase the safety of ships' operation and mitigate the impact on the people and environment in the remote, vulnerable and potentially harsh polar waters. The Code acknowledges that polar water operation may impose additional demands on ships, their systems and op…
This publication contains the text of the Final Act of the International Conference on Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 which was held at IMO in London from 9 to 23 March 2001. Attachment 1 to the Final Act is the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (Bunkers Convention). The Conference also adoptd resolutions on - Lim…
International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 2010 This publication is divided into three parts: Part 1 contains: the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 2010 (2010 HNS Convention) overvie…
A text which establishes a universal system of tonnage measurement for ships engaged in international voyages, this includes: - Final Act of the Conference; - International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships (Tonnage), 1969, including: - Regulations for determining gross and net tonnages of ships - International Tonnage Certificate; - Recommendations adopted by the Conference.
Concerns the carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea and the establishment of a regime of liability for damage suffered by passengers carried on a seagoing vessel. This publication includes: - Final Act of the International Legal Conference on the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage on Board Ship, 1974; - Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by…
The Intervention Convention deals with the need to protect the interests of coastal States directly affected or threatened by the consequences of a maritime casualty which might result in oil pollution of the sea or coastlines. This edition also the 1973 Protocol relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973.
The 1990 Conference on International Co-operation on Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response invited IMO to initiate work to develop an appropriate instrument to expand the scope of the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990, to supply, in whole or in part, to pollution incidents by hazasrdous substances other than oil and prepare a proposal to t…
This publication presents guidance documents adopted by the Consultative Meetings of the London Convention and its 1996 Protocol. These include generic waste assessment guidelines, as well as specific guidelines for the waste assessment of the following: - dredged material; - sewage sludge; - fish waste; - vessels; - platforms and structures; - inert, inorganic geological material; - org…