General information
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Kingdom part
Netherlands (in Europe)
- Entry into force: 26-10-1985
Netherlands (Bonaire)
- Entry into force: 10-10-2010
Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)
- Entry into force: 10-10-2010
Netherlands (Saba)
- Entry into force: 10-10-2010
Aruba
- Entry into force: 01-01-1986
Curaçao
- Entry into force: 10-10-2010
Sint Maarten
- Entry into force: 10-10-2010
Party
Albania
- Ratification: 20-03-2002 (A)
- Entry into force: 20-06-2002
Algeria
- Ratification: 28-10-1988 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-01-1989
Angola
- Ratification: 03-10-1991 (A)
- Entry into force: 03-01-1992
Antigua and Barbuda
- Ratification: 05-02-1997 (A)
- Entry into force: 05-05-1997
Austria
- Ratification: 29-01-1997 (A)
- Entry into force: 29-04-1997
Azerbaijan
- Ratification: 01-07-1997 (A)
- Entry into force: 01-10-1997
Bahamas
- Ratification: 07-06-1983 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Bahrain
- Ratification: 13-06-1996 (A)
- Entry into force: 13-09-1996
Bangladesh
- Ratification: 06-11-1981 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Barbados
- Ratification: 06-05-1994 (A)
- Entry into force: 06-08-1994
Belarus
- Ratification: 13-10-1993 (A)
- Entry into force: 13-01-1994
Belgium
- Signature: 07-12-1978
- Ratification: 14-09-1982 (R)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Belize
- Ratification: 24-01-1997 (A)
- Entry into force: 24-04-1997
Benin
- Ratification: 01-11-1985 (A)
- Entry into force: 01-02-1986
Bolivia
- Ratification: 11-04-1988 (A)
- Entry into force: 11-07-1988
Brazil
- Ratification: 17-01-1984 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Brunei
- Ratification: 23-10-1986 (A)
- Entry into force: 23-01-1987
Bulgaria
- Ratification: 31-03-1982 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Cabo Verde
- Ratification: 18-09-1989 (A)
- Entry into force: 18-12-1989
Cambodia
- Ratification: 08-06-2001 (A)
- Entry into force: 08-09-2001
Cameroon
- Ratification: 06-06-1989 (A)
- Entry into force: 06-09-1989
China
- Signature: 13-06-1979
- Ratification: 08-06-1981 (R)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
- Hong Kong SAR
Entry into force: 01-07-1997Macao SAR
Entry into force: 18-07-2005
Colombia
- Ratification: 27-07-1981 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Comoros
- Ratification: 22-11-2000 (A)
- Entry into force: 22-02-2001
Cook Islands
- Ratification: 17-02-2010 (A)
- Entry into force: 17-05-2010
Côte d'Ivoire
- Ratification: 05-10-1987 (A)
- Entry into force: 05-01-1988
Croatia
- Ratification: 27-07-1992 (Su)
- Entry into force: 08-10-1991
Cuba
- Ratification: 05-12-1989 (A)
- Entry into force: 05-03-1990
Cyprus
- Ratification: 28-03-1985 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-06-1985
Czech Republic
- Ratification: 19-10-1993 (Su)
- Entry into force: 01-01-1993
Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)
- Ratification: 06-05-1981 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Ratification: 01-05-1985 (A)
- Entry into force: 01-08-1985
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ratification: 04-04-1995 (A)
- Entry into force: 04-07-1995
Djibouti
- Ratification: 12-10-2015 (A)
- Entry into force: 12-01-2016
Dominica
- Ratification: 21-06-2000 (A)
- Entry into force: 21-09-2000
Dominican Republic
- Ratification: 09-06-2016 (A)
- Entry into force: 09-09-2016
Ecuador
- Ratification: 17-05-1988 (A)
- Entry into force: 17-08-1988
Egypt
- Ratification: 22-09-1980 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
El Salvador
- Ratification: 29-11-2012 (A)
- Entry into force: 01-03-2013
Equatorial Guinea
- Ratification: 24-04-1996 (A)
- Entry into force: 24-07-1996
Eritrea
- Ratification: 22-04-1996 (A)
- Entry into force: 22-07-1996
Estonia
- Ratification: 29-08-1995 (A)
- Entry into force: 29-11-1995
Ethiopia
- Ratification: 18-07-1985 (A)
- Entry into force: 18-10-1985
Federated States of Micronesia
- Ratification: 14-07-1998 (A)
- Entry into force: 14-10-1998
Fiji
- Ratification: 27-03-1991 (A)
- Entry into force: 27-06-1991
Finland
- Signature: 30-11-1979
- Ratification: 27-01-1984 (R)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
France
- Signature: 18-07-1979
- Ratification: 11-07-1980 (R)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Gabon
- Ratification: 21-01-1982 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Gambia, The
- Ratification: 01-11-1991 (A)
- Entry into force: 01-02-1992
Georgia
- Ratification: 19-04-1994 (A)
- Entry into force: 19-07-1994
Germany
- Signature: 26-03-1979
- Ratification: 28-05-1982 (R)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Ghana
- Ratification: 26-01-1989 (A)
- Entry into force: 26-04-1989
Greece
- Signature: 29-10-1979
- Ratification: 22-03-1983 (R)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Grenada
- Ratification: 28-06-2004 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-09-2004
Guatemala
- Ratification: 17-09-2002 (A)
- Entry into force: 17-12-2002
Guinea
- Ratification: 05-08-1994 (A)
- Entry into force: 05-11-1994
Guinea-Bissau
- Ratification: 24-10-2016 (A)
- Entry into force: 24-01-2017
Guyana
- Ratification: 26-11-1997 (A)
- Entry into force: 26-02-1998
Haïti
- Ratification: 06-04-1989 (A)
- Entry into force: 06-07-1989
Honduras
- Ratification: 24-09-1985 (A)
- Entry into force: 24-12-1985
Hungary
- Ratification: 15-10-1985 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-01-1986
Iceland
- Ratification: 21-03-1995 (A)
- Entry into force: 21-06-1995
India
- Ratification: 16-11-1984 (A)
- Entry into force: 16-02-1985
Indonesia
- Ratification: 27-01-1987 (A)
- Entry into force: 27-04-1987
Iran
- Ratification: 01-08-1996 (A)
- Entry into force: 01-11-1996
Iraq
- Ratification: 10-12-2001 (A)
- Entry into force: 10-03-2002
Ireland
- Signature: 30-11-1979
- Ratification: 11-09-1984 (R)
- Entry into force: 11-12-1984
Israel
- Ratification: 16-01-1986 (A)
- Entry into force: 16-04-1986
Italy
- Ratification: 26-08-1987 (A)
- Entry into force: 26-11-1987
Jamaica
- Ratification: 19-02-1987 (A)
- Entry into force: 19-05-1987
Japan
- Ratification: 27-05-1982 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Jordan
- Ratification: 17-05-2000 (A)
- Entry into force: 17-08-2000
Kazakhstan
- Ratification: 07-03-1994 (A)
- Entry into force: 07-06-1994
Kenya
- Ratification: 15-12-1992 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-03-1993
Kiribati
- Ratification: 05-08-1987 (A)
- Entry into force: 05-11-1987
Kuwait
- Ratification: 22-05-1998 (A)
- Entry into force: 22-08-1998
Latvia
- Ratification: 20-05-1992 (A)
- Entry into force: 20-08-1992
Lebanon
- Ratification: 05-12-1994 (A)
- Entry into force: 05-03-1995
Liberia
- Signature: 21-03-1979
- Ratification: 28-10-1980 (R)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Libya
- Ratification: 10-08-1983 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Lithuania
- Ratification: 04-12-1991 (A)
- Entry into force: 04-03-1992
Luxembourg
- Ratification: 14-02-1991 (A)
- Entry into force: 14-05-1991
Madagascar
- Ratification: 07-03-1996 (A)
- Entry into force: 07-06-1996
Malawi
- Ratification: 09-03-1993 (A)
- Entry into force: 09-06-1993
Malaysia
- Ratification: 30-01-1992 (A)
- Entry into force: 30-04-1992
Maldives
- Ratification: 22-01-1987 (A)
- Entry into force: 22-04-1987
Malta
- Ratification: 21-06-1991 (A)
- Entry into force: 21-09-1991
Marshall Islands
- Ratification: 25-04-1989 (A)
- Entry into force: 25-07-1989
Mauritania
- Ratification: 17-11-1995 (A)
- Entry into force: 17-02-1996
Mauritius
- Ratification: 04-07-1991 (A)
- Entry into force: 04-10-1991
Mexico
- Ratification: 02-02-1982 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Moldova
- Ratification: 11-10-2005 (A)
- Entry into force: 11-01-2006
Mongolia
- Ratification: 26-06-2002 (A)
- Entry into force: 26-09-2002
Montenegro
- Ratification: 03-06-2006 (Su)
- Entry into force: 03-06-2006
Morocco
- Ratification: 22-07-1997 (A)
- Entry into force: 22-10-1997
Mozambique
- Ratification: 15-11-1985 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-02-1986
Myanmar
- Ratification: 04-05-1988 (A)
- Entry into force: 04-08-1988
Namibia
- Ratification: 24-01-2005 (A)
- Entry into force: 24-04-2005
Nauru
- Ratification: 18-06-2018 (A)
- Entry into force: 18-09-2018
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
- Ratification: 26-07-1985 (A)
- Entry into force: 26-10-1985
New Zealand
- Ratification: 30-07-1986 (A)
- Entry into force: 30-10-1986
- Cook Islands
Entry into force: 30-10-1986
Termination: 17-05-2010Niue
Entry into force: 30-10-1986
Termination: 18-08-2012
Nicaragua
- Ratification: 09-03-2009 (A)
- Entry into force: 09-06-2009
Nigeria
- Ratification: 13-11-1984 (A)
- Entry into force: 13-02-1985
Niue
- Ratification: 18-05-2012 (A)
- Entry into force: 18-08-2012
Norway
- Signature: 26-11-1979
- Ratification: 18-01-1982 (R)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Oman
- Ratification: 24-09-1990 (A)
- Entry into force: 24-12-1990
Pakistan
- Ratification: 10-04-1985 (A)
- Entry into force: 10-07-1985
Palau
- Ratification: 29-09-2011 (A)
- Entry into force: 29-12-2011
Panama
- Ratification: 29-06-1992 (A)
- Entry into force: 29-09-1992
Papua New Guinea
- Ratification: 28-10-1991 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-01-1992
Peru
- Ratification: 16-07-1982 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Philippines
- Ratification: 22-02-1984 (A)
- Entry into force: 22-05-1984
Poland
- Signature: 01-12-1978
- Ratification: 27-04-1983 (R)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Portugal
- Ratification: 30-10-1985 (A)
- Entry into force: 30-01-1986
Qatar
- Ratification: 29-05-2002 (A)
- Entry into force: 29-08-2002
Republic of Korea, the
- Ratification: 04-04-1985 (A)
- Entry into force: 04-07-1985
Republic of the Congo
- Ratification: 07-08-2002 (A)
- Entry into force: 07-11-2002
Romania
- Ratification: 11-01-1993 (A)
- Entry into force: 11-04-1993
Russian Federation
- Ratification: 09-10-1979 (S)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Ratification: 11-06-2004 (A)
- Entry into force: 11-09-2004
Saint Lucia
- Ratification: 20-05-2004 (A)
- Entry into force: 20-08-2004
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Ratification: 28-06-1995 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-09-1995
Samoa
- Ratification: 24-05-1993 (A)
- Entry into force: 24-08-1993
San Marino
- Ratification: 19-04-2021 (A)
- Entry into force: 19-07-2021
São Tomé e Principe
- Ratification: 29-10-1998 (A)
- Entry into force: 29-01-1999
Saudi Arabia
- Ratification: 29-11-1990 (A)
- Entry into force: 01-03-1991
Senegal
- Ratification: 16-01-1997 (A)
- Entry into force: 16-04-1997
Serbia
- Ratification: 03-06-2006 (Su)
- Entry into force: 03-06-2006
Seychelles
- Ratification: 22-08-1988 (A)
- Entry into force: 22-11-1988
Sierra Leone
- Ratification: 13-08-1993 (A)
- Entry into force: 13-11-1993
Singapore
- Ratification: 01-05-1988 (A)
- Entry into force: 01-08-1988
Slovakia
- Ratification: 30-01-1995 (Su)
- Entry into force: 01-01-1993
Slovenia
- Ratification: 12-11-1992 (Su)
- Entry into force: 25-06-1991
Solomon Islands
- Ratification: 01-06-1994 (A)
- Entry into force: 01-09-1994
South Africa
- Ratification: 27-07-1983 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Spain
- Ratification: 21-10-1980 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Sri Lanka
- Ratification: 22-01-1987 (A)
- Entry into force: 22-04-1987
Sudan
- Ratification: 26-02-1997 (A)
- Entry into force: 26-05-1997
Suriname
- Ratification: 10-12-2013 (A)
- Entry into force: 10-03-2014
Sweden
- Signature: 15-11-1979
- Ratification: 08-01-1981 (R)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Switzerland
- Signature: 14-11-1979
- Ratification: 15-12-1987 (R)
- Entry into force: 15-03-1988
Syria
- Ratification: 20-07-2001 (A)
- Entry into force: 20-10-2001
Tanzania
- Ratification: 27-10-1982 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
Thailand
- Ratification: 19-06-1997 (A)
- Entry into force: 19-09-1997
Togo
- Ratification: 19-07-1989 (A)
- Entry into force: 19-10-1989
Tonga
- Ratification: 07-02-1995 (A)
- Entry into force: 07-05-1995
Trinidad and Tobago
- Ratification: 03-02-1989 (A)
- Entry into force: 03-05-1989
Tunisia
- Ratification: 08-02-1995 (A)
- Entry into force: 08-05-1995
Türkiye
- Ratification: 28-07-1992 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-10-1992
Turkmenistan
- Ratification: 04-02-2009 (A)
- Entry into force: 04-05-2009
Tuvalu
- Ratification: 22-08-1985 (A)
- Entry into force: 22-11-1985
Uganda
- Ratification: 03-04-2019 (A)
- Entry into force: 03-07-2019
Ukraine
- Ratification: 07-01-1997 (A)
- Entry into force: 07-04-1997
United Arab Emirates
- Ratification: 15-12-1983 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
United States of America
- Signature: 25-01-1979
- Ratification: 01-07-1991 (R)
- Entry into force: 01-10-1991
Uruguay
- Ratification: 03-08-1993 (A)
- Entry into force: 03-11-1993
Vanuatu
- Ratification: 22-04-1991 (A)
- Entry into force: 22-07-1991
Venezuela
- Ratification: 13-10-1987 (A)
- Entry into force: 13-01-1988
Vietnam
- Ratification: 18-12-1990 (A)
- Entry into force: 18-03-1991
Yemen
- Ratification: 14-02-2005 (A)
- Entry into force: 14-05-2005
Yugoslavia (< 25-06-1991)
- Signature: 23-03-1979
- Ratification: 05-11-1984 (R)
- Entry into force: 05-02-1985
Argentina
- Ratification: 06-10-1982 (A)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: Yes
-
reservation
18-02-2014
[...] A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands
(Malvinas). [...] the Argentine Government objects and rejects the extension, by the
UK Government, of the application of the Convention to the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
objection to reservation
Objection United Kingdom, 02-10-2015
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland would like
to reiterate that it has no doubt about its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands,
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas. It
is therefore entirely legitimate for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland to extend the application of equivalent arrangements to the above-mentioned
international instruments for pleasure yachts carrying 12 and 36 passengers, to the
Falkland Islands and the surrounding maritime areas.
Australia
- Signature: 30-11-1979
- Ratification: 07-11-1983 (R)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: No
-
reservation
07-11-1983
Australia has a federal constitutional system in which legislative, executive and
judicial powers are shared or distributed between the Commonwealth and the constituent
States.
The implementation of the Treaty throughout Australia will be effected by the Commonwealth,
State and Territory authorities having regard to their respective constitutional powers
and arrangements concerning their exercise.
Canada
- Ratification: 06-11-1987 (A)
- Entry into force: 06-02-1988
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: Yes
-
reservation
06-11-1987
The Government of Canada reserves its position with regard to the provisions of paragraph
6(d) of the appendix to regulation II/2 and paragraph 16 of the appendix to regulation
II/4 in the Annex to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification
and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 in respect of the compulsory knowledge of an
ability to use the English language. The position of the Government of Canada is that
the provisions of those paragraphs which refer to the ability to use navigational
publications in English, and the need to have an adequate knowledge of the English
language, are not applicable to Canada as there are two official languages in Canada:
English and French. Both languages have equal status, consequently candidates for
certificates may choose to be examined in either language.
objection to reservation
Objection Russian Federation, 03-11-1988
In connection with the reservation made by the Government of Canada when acceding
to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
for Seafarers, 1978 (IMO document STCW/Circ.61 of 26 November 1987) the Soviet side
considers it necessary to make the following statement.
Requirements on knowledge of the English language, contained in paragraph 6(d) of
the appendix to regulation II/2 and paragraph 16 of the appendix to regulation II/4
in the Annex to the Convention are mandatory minimum requirements for certification
of masters, chief and watchkeeping officers and their observance represents a significant
condition of ensuring high qualifications of officers of the crew. Non-observance
of those requirements could result in negative consequences for the safety of international
maritime navigation. In this connection the reservation of the Government of Canada,
in the opinion of the Soviet side, is incompatible with the purposes of the Convention.
The reference made by the Government of Canada to the two state languages does not
seem to be well-founded in so far as internal status of this or that language cannot
serve as an excuse for non-observance of the obligations assumed by States under the
international law.
Taking into account the above-stated, the Soviet side cannot recognize this reservation
of the Government of Canada as valid.
Chile
Costa Rica
- Ratification: 06-06-2018 (A)
- Entry into force: 06-09-2018
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: No
-
reservation
06-06-2018
Article 3 – The Government of the Republic of Costa Rica interprets, in relation to
article XII of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification
and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, that [future] amendments shall enter into force
for the country once they have been approved by the Legislative Assembly and ratified
by the executive authority.
Denmark
- Signature: 04-06-1979
- Ratification: 20-01-1981 (R)
- Entry into force: 28-04-1984
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: No
- Faroes
Entry into force: 18-09-1990
-
reservation
20-01-1981
[...] a decision as to the applicability of the provisions of the Convention to Greenland
and the Faroe Islands is pending the completion of the internal procedures prescribed
in this respect. The ratification of Denmark is therefore, until further notice, subject
to reservation with regard to the obligations of Greenland and the Faroe Islands under
the Convention.
[...] the decision on Denmark's ratification was taken in accordance with the recommendation
of December 21, 1978, of the Council of the European Communities concerning the ratification
of the Convention.
reservation
18-09-1990
[...] that the reservation made with regard to the obligations of the Faroe Islands
in connection with Denmark's ratification has been lifted in accordance with a recommendation
submitted by the local government of the Faroe Islands.
This notice does not affect the reservation made with respect to Greenland.
United Kingdom
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