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Maritime Safety Conventions
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International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979
- 22/6/1985 |
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The 1979 Convention, adopted at a Conference in Hamburg, was aimed at developing an international SAR plan, so that, no matter where an accident occurs, the rescue of persons in distress at sea will be co-ordinated by a SAR organization and, when necessary, by co-operation between neighbouring SAR organizations. |
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International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978
- 28/4/1984 |
| The 1978 STCW Convention was the first to establish basic requirements on training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers on an international level. Previously the standards of training, certification and watchkeeping of officers and ratings were established by individual governments, usually without reference to practices in other countries. As a result standards and procedures varied widely, even though shipping is the most international of all industries. |
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International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974
- 25/5/1980 |
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The SOLAS Convention in its successive forms is generally regarded as the most important of all international treaties concerning the safety of merchant ships. The first version was adopted in 1914, in response to the Titanic disaster, the second in 1929, the third in 1948 and the fourth in 1960. |
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International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972 (CSC)
- 6/9/1977 |
| In the 1960s, there was a rapid increase in the use of freight containers for the consignment of goods by sea and the development of specialized container ships. In 1967, IMO undertook to study the safety of containerization in marine transport. The container itself emerged as the most important aspect to be considered. |
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