Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims
APPENDIX V
Tonnage-based International LimitationConventions—Ratifications and Accessions
| STATE | LIMITATION CONVENTION | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1957 | 1924 | |||
| Albania | • | ||||
| Algeria | • | • | |||
| Argentina | • | ||||
| Australia | • | • | |||
| Azerbaijan | • | ||||
| Bahamas* | • | • | |||
| Barbados* | • | • | |||
| Belgium | • | • | • | ||
| Belize | • | ||||
| Benin | • | ||||
| Brazil | • | • | |||
| Bulgaria | • | ||||
| Canada | • | ||||
| Chile | • | ||||
| China | • | • | |||
| Congo | • | ||||
| Croatia | • | ||||
| Denmark* ** | • | • | • | ||
| Dominica | • | • | |||
| Dominican Republic* | • | • | |||
| Egypt | • | • | |||
| Equatorial Guinea | • | ||||
| Estonia | • | • | |||
| Fiji* | • | ||||
| Finland** | • | • | • | ||
| France | • | • | • | ||
| Georgia | • | ||||
| Germany** | • | • | |||
| Ghana* | • | ||||
| Greece | • | ||||
| Grenada | • | ||||
| Guinea | • | ||||
| Guyana* | • | ||||
| Hong Kong | |||||
| Hungary | • | ||||
| Iceland* | • | ||||
| India* | • | • | |||
| Iran* | • | ||||
| Ireland | • | ||||
| Israel | • | ||||
| Italy | • | • | |||
| Jamaica | • | ||||
| Japan** | • | • | • | ||
| Kiribati* | • | ||||
| Latvia | • | • | |||
| Lebanon | • | ||||
| Liberia | • | ||||
| Lithuania | • | ||||
| Luxembourg | • | ||||
| Macau | • | ||||
| Malgache Republic | • | • | |||
| Marshall Islands | • | • | |||
| Mauritius* | • | ||||
| Mexico | • | ||||
| Monaco* | • | • | |||
| Netherlands | • | • | |||
| New Zealand | • | ||||
| Nigeria | • | ||||
| Norway | • | • | • | ||
| Papua New Guinea* | • | ||||
| Peru | • | ||||
| Poland | • | • | • | ||
| Portugal* (Including Aruba) | • | • | |||
| Romania | • | ||||
| St. Lucia* | • | • | |||
| St. Vincent & The Grenadines | • | ||||
| Samoa | • | ||||
| Seychelles* | • | ||||
| Sierra Leone | • | ||||
| Singapore* | • | • | |||
| Solomon Islands* | • | ||||
| Spain* | • | • | • | ||
| Sweden** | • | • | • | ||
| Switzerland | • | • | |||
| Syria | • | ||||
| Syrian Arab Republic | • | ||||
| Tonga* | • | • | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago | • | ||||
| Turkey | • | • | |||
| Tuvalu* | • | ||||
| United Arab Emirates* | • | • | |||
| United Kingdom** *** | • | • | • | ||
| Vanuatu | • | • | |||
| Vatican City | • | ||||
| Yemen | • | ||||
| Yugoslavia | • | ||||
| Zaire | • | ||||
| As at 19 October 2005. | |||||
| Source: Foreign Office Treaties Desk | |||||
| * 1957 Convention applies but with restriction(s) | |||||
| ** Denunciation of 1976 Limitation Convention | |||||
| *** One of the U.K. Dependent Territories, the British Antarctic Territory, is still party to the 1957 Convention. | |||||