DOCUMENTS
INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE SEA
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
OIL POLLUTION FROM TANKERS
International regimes
Civil Liability Convention 1992 (source: IOPC Funds)
Fund Convention 1992 (source: IOPC Funds)
Supplementary Fund Protocol 2003 (source: IOPC Funds)
STOPIA and TOPIA – Summary of Schemes
Texts of STOPIA and TOPIA 2006 as amended 2017
STOPIA 2006 and TOPIA 2006 – Review
STOPIA 2006 and TOPIA 2006 – Amendments
MOU betweeen IOPC Funds and International Group of P&I Clubs 19 April 2006
Agreement on Standard Terms relating to Interim Payments (2016)
Definition of ‘oil’ – Non-persistent crude oil – Note by IOPC Fund Director 23 August 1993
Definition of ‘oil’ – Non-persistent crude oil – Decision of 1971 Fund Assembly October 1993
National laws
United States Oil Pollution Act 1990
People’s Republic of China Maritime Code
COPC Fund Claims Settlement Guidelines
BUNKER OIL POLLUTION
Bunkers Convention 2001 (source: HMSO)
COLLISIONS
HNS
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
International regimes
London Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC) 1976
Limitation Convention (LLMC) 1976 – CMI summary of decided cases (pdf)
Limitation Convention (LLMC) 1976 – CMI summary of decided cases (link)
National laws
UK Merchant Shipping Act 1995 Amendment Order 2016 No.1061
People’s Republic of China Maritime Code Chapter XI – Limitation of Liability
SALVAGE
International Convention on Salvage, 1989 (source: HMSO)
Lloyd’s Open Form 2011
The SCOPIC Clause
SCOPIC – Code of Practice ISU-IG
RESPONSE TO INCIDENTS
1973 Protocol to Intervention Convention
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation 1990 (OPRC)
IMO Guidelines on Places of Refuge
IMO Guidelines on the Control of Ships in an Emergency
MOU between International Group of P&I Clubs and US DOI – 1 November 2011
WRECK REMOVAL
Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks 2007
Wreck Removal Convention 2007 – Effect within the Territorial Sea
Wreck Removal Convention – IG Submission to IMO 2014
Wreck Removal – Challenges and Implications in the 21st Century – Lloyd’s
WRECKSTAGE 2010 Explanatory Notes
WRECKHIRE 2010 Explanatory Notes
WRECKFIXED 2010 Explanatory Notes
DUMPING AT SEA
London Dumping Convention 1972
List of amendments to the 1996 LDC Protocol
SHIPMENT OF WASTE AND RECYCLING OF SHIPS
Shipment of waste
EU Waste Shipment Regulation No 1013 of 2006
Recycling of ships
Hong Kong Convention on Recycling of Ships 2009
EU Ship Recycling Regulation No 1257 of 2013
European List of ship recycling facilities
European Commission Decision of 19.12.16 establishing List of ship recycling facilities
EMSA Guidance on the Inventory of Hazardous Materials
CRIMINAL LIABILITY
IMO Guidelines on Fair Treatment of Seafarers