Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 is an International Labour Organization Convention.
| C147 | |
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| ILO Convention | |
| Date of adoption | October 29, 1976 |
| Date in force | November 28, 1981 |
| Classification | Seafarers |
| Subject | Seafarers |
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It was established in 1976, with the preamble stating:
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to substandard vessels, particularly those registered under flags of convenience, ...
Ratifications
Protocol of 1996 to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976
Having determined that these proposals should take the form of a Protocol to the principal Convention;
adopts, this twenty-second day of October one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six, the following Protocol, which may be cited as the Protocol of 1996 to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976.
As of 2023, the convention had been ratified by 56 states. Of these ratifying states, 45 have subsequently denounced the convention.
| Country | Date |
|---|---|
 Azerbaijan |
19 May 1992 |
 Costa Rica |
24 Jun 1981 |
 Dominica |
06 Jan 2004 |
 Egypt |
17 Mar 1983 |
 Iraq |
15 Feb 1985 |
 Israel |
06 Dec 1996 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
31 Mar 1992 |
 Peru |
06 Jul 2004 |
 Tajikistan |
26 Nov 1993 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
03 Jun 1999 |
 Ukraine |
17 Mar 1994 |
 United States of America |
15 Jun 1988 |