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)

A Non-Technical Guide to the Nature and Definition of Persistent Oil – As submitted to 1971 IOPC FUND July 1981

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

Chinese Ship-source Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (COPC Fund) – Brief Introduction submitted to IOPC Funds September 2016

COPC Fund Claims Manual

COPC Fund Claims Settlement Guidelines

BUNKER OIL POLLUTION

Bunkers Convention 2001 (source: HMSO)

COLLISIONS

Collision Convention 1910

HNS

HNS Convention 1996 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

     International regimes

London Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC) 1976

LLMC Protocol 1996

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 Guarantee

SCOPIC – Code of Practice ISU-IG

RESPONSE TO INCIDENTS

Intervention Convention 1969

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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -16 October 2007

MOU between International Group of P&I Clubs and US DOI – 1 November 2011

UK National Contingency Plan

York-Antwerp Rules 1994

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

WRECKSTAGE 2010 Explanatory Notes

WRECKHIRE 2010

WRECKHIRE 2010 Explanatory Notes

WRECKFIXED 2010

WRECKFIXED 2010 Explanatory Notes

DUMPING AT SEA

London Dumping Convention 1972

1996 LDC Protocol

List of amendments to the 1996 LDC Protocol

SHIPMENT OF WASTE AND RECYCLING OF SHIPS

Shipment of waste

Basel Convention 1989

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