Maritime Law

Classifications

• Lloyd’s Register
• International Association of Classification Societies (IACS)

Conventions
Carriage of Goods and Passengers

• The Hague Rules (International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading (Brussels 1924)
• The Visby Amendments(Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading (Brussels 1968) (The Hague Rules)
• SDR Protocol (Brussels 1979) amending the Hague-Visby Rules
• The Hamburg Rules(United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg 1968)
• United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods (Geneva 1980)
• Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR)(Geneva 1956)
• United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Vienna 1980)
• United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade (Vienna 1991)
• United Nations (UNCTAD) Minimum Standards for Shipping Agents (1988)
• Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences (Geneva 1974)
• International Convention on Safe Containers (Geneva 1972) and the 1993 Amendments
• Convention relating to Civil Liability in the Field of Maritime Carriage of Nuclear Material (Brussels 1971)
• Inter-Club New York Produce Exchange Agreement (1996)
• International Commercial Terms 1990 (INCOTERMS)
• Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credits (UCP 500)
• Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (Athens 1974),The 1976 Protocol and The 1990 Protocol
• EC Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (Rome 1980)

Collisions

• Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with Respect to Collisions between Vessels (Brussels 1910)
• Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea London 1972)
• Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (London 1965)

General Average

• York Antwerp Rules (1994)

Law of the Sea

• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

Liens and Mortgages

• International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages (1993)
• International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to Maritime Liens and Mortgages (Brussels 1967)
• United Nations Convention on Conditions for Registration of Ships (Geneva 1986)
• Convention relating to Registration of Rights in respect of Vessels under Construction (Brussels 1967)

Limitation of Liability

• International Convention relating to the Limitation of Liability of Owners of Sea-Going Ships (Brussels 1957) and the 1979 Protocol Amending the Convention
• Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (London 1976) and the 1996 Protocol to Amend the Convention (London)

Pollution

• International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution (Brussels 1969), the 1976 Protocol and the 1992 London Protocol
• International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Pollution Damage (Brussels 1971), the 1976 London Protocol and the 1992 London Protocol
• International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (1973) (MARPOL) as Protocol (London) and the 1997 Protocol
• International Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) (London 1972) and the 1996 Protocol
• International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil (OILPOL)(London 1954), the 1962 and the 1969 amendments
• International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-Operation (London 1990)
• International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (London 1996)