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Culture Documents
Instrument
No. of Contracting
Date of entry into force States/Parties
IMO Convention
17-Mar-58
171
17-Sep-08
73
21-Nov-08
Not yet in force
83
51
19-Jun-75
34
8-Apr-81
53
30-May-96
136
COLREG 1972
15-Jul-77
156
CSC 1972
6-Sep-77
83
11
FAL 1965
05-Mar-67
117
22-Nov-94
31
30-May-96
114
27-Jun-01
3-Mar-05
31
14
16-Jul-79
102
12
6-May-75
88
30-Mar-83
56
LC 1972
30-Aug-75
87
20
CLC 1969
LC 1978 amendments
LC Protocol 1996
24-Mar-06
47
30-Oct-09
13-Oct-13
LL 1966
21-Jul-68
161
LL Protocol 1988
3-Feb-00
103
LLMC 1976
1-Dec-86
54
13-May-04
52
2-Oct-83
154
1-Jul-92
146
27-Sep-03
138
31-Dec-88
151
19-May-05
87
14-Apr-15
29
NUCLEAR 1971
15-Jul-75
17
OPRC 1990
13-May-95
109
OPRC/HNS 2000
14-Jun-07
37
PAL 1974
28-Apr-87
25
30-Apr-89
17
2 August 2016
PAL Protocol 2002
23-Apr-14
25
SALVAGE 1989
14-Jul-96
69
22-Jun-85
107
17
25-May-80
162
1-Apr-97
12
1-May-81
120
3-Feb-00
109
2-Jun-77
17
STCW 1978
28-Apr-84
161
STCW-F 1995
29-Sep-12
19
STP 1971
2-Jan-74
18
SUA 1988
1-Mar-92
166
SUA 2005
28-Jul-10
40
1-Mar-92
155
28-Jul-10
35
TONNAGE 1969
18-Jul-82
153
SAR 1979
SFV Protocol 1993
SOLAS 1974
SOLAS Agreement 1996
2 August 2016
% world tonnage*
96.53
93.26
92.12
34.87
4.00
2.74
60.19
97.00
98.52
63.26
10.75
93.2
50.29
94.04
17.36
13.70
2.27
94.49
3.81
73.93
51.79
60.73
13.67
37.98
N/A
N/A
98.52
95.28
54.80
57.41
98.73
98.15
90.96
98.32
95.69
59.62
18.2
74.15
48.84
31.81
31.54
0.36
2 August 2016
42.83
51.71
80.50
17.89
98.53
5.83
96.85
95.35
23.08
98.76
4.16
23.45
94.45
39.06
94.13
38.27
98.40