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The purpose of CLC is to provide uniform international rules and procedures for determining questions of liability and to ensure that adequate compensation is available to victims of oil pollution by placing the liability for compensation upon the owner of the ship. The 1976 Protocol to Revise...
IMO’s comprehensive liability and compensation regime has been developed by the Legal Committee since its inception in 1967. It comprises liability and compensation for pollution incidents, wreck removal and the carriage of passengers and their luggage. In addition, the Legal Committee developed...
IMO’s comprehensive liability and compensation regime has been developed by the Legal Committee since its inception in 1967. It comprises liability and compensation for pollution incidents, wreck removal and the carriage of passengers and their luggage. In addition, the Legal Committee developed...
This publication presents the: Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 (LLMC 1976) LLMC Protocol 1996 as amended by resolution LEG.5(99) Consolidated text of substantive provisions of LLMC 1976 as amended by the LLMC Protocol 1996 and including its amended limits...
This publication presents the: Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 (LLMC 1976) LLMC Protocol 1996 as amended by resolution LEG.5(99) Consolidated text of substantive provisions of LLMC 1976 as amended by the LLMC Protocol 1996 and including its amended limits...
The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007 was adopted on 18 May 2007 by the International Conference on the Removal of Wrecks convened by IMO at the Headquarters of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), from 14 to 18 May 2007. The Convention provides the legal...
The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007 was adopted on 18 May 2007 by the International Conference on the Removal of Wrecks convened by IMO at the Headquarters of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), from 14 to 18 May 2007. The Convention...
This publication reproduces the texts of the original 1988 SUA Convention and Protocol, the Final Act of the 2005 Conference, the two protocols adopted by that Conference, as well as the consolidated text of the 2005 SUA Convention, and the consolidated text of the 2005 SUA Fixed Platforms...
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) overview of the 2010 HNS Convention guidelines on...
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) overview of the 2010 HNS Convention guidelines on...
This publication 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. It includes: Final Act of the International Legal Conference on the Carriage of Passengers and their...
This publication 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. It includes: Final Act of the International Legal Conference on the Carriage of...
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