INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION

• Unemployment Indemnity (Shipwreck) Convention, 1920;
• Medical Examination for Young Persons (Sea) Convention, 1920;
• Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926;
• Officers' Competency Certificates Convention, 1936;
• Medical Examination (Seafarers) Convention, 1946;
• Certification of Able Seamen Convention 1946;
• Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, 1948;
• Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining, 1949;
• Seafarer's Identity Documents Convention, 1958;
• Minimum Age, 1973;
• Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 and the Protocol of 1996 thereto; 
• Seafarers' Hours of work and the Manning of Ships Convention 1996;
  

RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ADOPTED BY MALTA

Malta has adopted the following Maritime Conventions:

IMO Conventions:

• International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (SOLAS 74), 1978 Protocol (SOLAS PROT 78) and 1988 Protocol (SOLAS PROT 1988);
• International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969 (TONNAGE 69);
• International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973  and 1978 (MARPOL 73/78) Protocol and amendments; annexes I, II, III and V;
• International Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972 (LDC 72);
• International Convention on Load Lines 1966 (LL 66) and 1988 Protocol (LL PROT 88);
• International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978, as amended (STCW 78);
• Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972, as amended (COLREGS 72);
• Convention on the International Mobile Satellite Organisation (INMARSAT);
• Operating Agreement on the International Mobile Satellite Organisation, as amended (INMARSAT OA 76), amendments 98;
• Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC PROT 92);
• Protocol of 1992 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 (FUND PROT 92);
• Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988 (SUA 88);
• Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms located on the Continental Shelf, 1988 (SUA PROT 88);
• International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979 (SAR 79);
• Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, 1965, as amended (FAL 65);
• International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990 (OPRC 90);
• Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000 (OPRC-HNS 2000);
• Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 (LLMC PROT 96);