International Conventions

St. Kitts & Nevis has been a member of IMO since 2001. It has acceded to the following IMO Conventions.

IMO Convention 1948, with 1991 and 1993 amendments

SOLAS - International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 and Protocol of 1978 as amended Protocol of 1988 relating to SOLAS, 1974

STCW 78 - International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers,1978

MARPOL 73/78 - International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocols of 1978 and 1997 thereto (MARPOL Annexes I to VI)

ILL 1966 - International Convention on Load Lines, 1966

LL Prot, 1988 - Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966

COLREG 72 - Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972

ITC 1969 - International Convention on Tonnage Measurements of Ships (Tonnage), 1969

CLC Prot. 1992 - International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC69) and Protocol relating to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992 (CLC 92)

SAR - International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979

LONDON – Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972

FAL – Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, 1965

SALV - International Convention on Salvage, 1989

SUA - Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988

FUND - Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 (Fund Prot, 1992).

HNS - International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS 1996)

INTERVENTION - International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties 1969

OPRC - International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990

UNCLOS - United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982

BWM - Ballast Water Management, 2004

AFS - Anti-Fouling Systems, 2001