SOLAS Convention

• Safety Of Life At Sea

• 1914, 1929 1948 latest 1974 with latest update
• Most important of all international treaties concerning the safety of Merchant ships
• As of November 2018, SOLAS 1974 had 164 contracting states, which flag about 99% of merchant ships
around the world in terms of gross tonnage.
• SOLAS is an international maritime treaty which sets minimum safety standards in the construction, equipment
and operation of merchant ships.
• The current version of SOLAS is the 1974 version, known as SOLAS 1974, which came into force on 25 May
1980.
• Flag States are responsible for ensuring that ships under their flag comply with its requirements, and a number
of certificates are prescribed in the Convention as proof that this has been done. 
MARPOL
• International convention for the prevention of pollution from ships: (1973 / 1978):
• MARPOL is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions.
• The original MARPOL was signed on 17 February 1973, but did not come into force at the signing date. The
current convention is a combination of 1973 Convention and the 1978 Protocol, which entered into force on 2
October 1983.
• It was developed by the International Maritime Organization 
• The objective of this convention is to preserve the marine environment in an attempt to completely eliminate
pollution by oil and other harmful substances and to minimize accidental spillage of such substances.
• As of January 2018, 156 states are parties to the convention, being flag states of 99.42% of the world's shipping
tonnage.
 List of the MARPOL 73/78 Annexes
Annex Title Entry into force
Prevention of pollution by oil & oily
Annex I 2 October 1983
water
Control of pollution by noxious liquid
Annex II 6 April 1987
substances in bulk
Prevention of pollution by harmful
Annex III substances carried by sea in packaged 1 July 1992
form
Annex IV Pollution by sewage from ships 27 September 2003
Annex V Pollution by garbage from ships 31 December 1988
Annex VI Prevention of air pollution from ships 19 May 2005
INTERTANKO
(The International Association of Independent Tanker Owners)

• Intertanko is a membership association for owners of independent tankers throughout the world.

• The Association was formed in its present guise in Oslo in 1970 to speak out for those independent tanker
owners.
• INTERTANKO's Mission is to Provide leadership to the Tanker Industry in serving the world with the safe,
environmentally sound and efficient seaborne transportation of oil, gas and chemical products.
•  Membership is open to those owners and operators of oil, gas and chemical tankers who fulfil the Association's
membership criteria.
• As of January 2019, the organization had 198 full members, whose combined fleet comprises some 3,931
tankers totaling almost 346 million dwt.
• INTERTANKO's Associate Membership, i.e. companies with an interest in shipping of oil and chemicals but
who do not own or operate tankers, stands at some 244 companies.
INTERTANKO and Its Members’ Goals

1. Be the representative forum of choice for all quality tanker owners and managers.
2. Enhance public and political awareness of the importance and positive performance of the tanker industry.
3. Promote balanced terms of trade and a competitive, transparent and sustainable tanker industry.
4. Lead the development, acceptance and implementation of uniform, worldwide international tanker standards.
5. Lead in establishing and maintaining partnerships, cooperation and open and constructive dialogue with the relevant
maritime authorities, organizations, associations and special interest groups.
FEPORT - Federation of European Private Port Companies and
Terminals

• FEPORT speaks on behalf more than 1200 companies.

• FEPORT is the European Organization which represents the interests of the terminal operators and stevedoring
companies located out of the seaports of the European Union.
• FEPORT members are responsible for the loading/unloading of cargo in all major European ports and subsequently
play a vital role in the European economy.
• The role of FEPORT is to ensure that the interests of terminal operators and stevedoring companies is properly
represented at European level.
• Their aim is to promote the interests of their members, i.e. national associations and global multinational companies,
and to maintain constant dialogue with all EU institutional and non-institutional stakeholders.
 
FEPORT’S Mission statement

• FEPORT speaks on behalf of its members, promotes their collective interest and presents their positions.
• FEPORT is committed to ensure inclusive dialogue and constructive exchange of views between its
members and European policy-makers.
• FEPORT undertakes all initiatives that favor a better understanding of the priorities of the European private
port operators’ sector by key stakeholders