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. |