Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966

Party

Solomon Islands added

• Ratification: 27-11-2025 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-02-2026
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Turkmenistan added

• Ratification: 03-06-2025 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-09-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Thailand added

• Ratification: 25-03-2025 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-06-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Iraq added

• Ratification: 13-02-2025 (A)
• Entry into force: 13-05-2025
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

Party

Sri Lanka added

• Ratification: 08-03-2024 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-06-2024
• Reservations / Declarations: No
• Objections: No

General information

• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

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: 03-02-2000

Curaçao

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Sint Maarten

• Entry into force: 10-10-2010

Party

Algeria

• Ratification: 20-08-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-11-2001

Antigua and Barbuda

• Ratification: 25-08-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Australia

• Ratification: 07-02-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Azerbaijan

• Ratification: 16-07-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-10-2004

Bahamas

• Ratification: 02-02-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Bahrain

• Ratification: 29-06-2015 (A)
• Entry into force: 29-09-2015

Bangladesh

• Ratification: 18-12-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-03-2003

Barbados

• Ratification: 11-08-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 11-11-2000

Belarus

• Ratification: 05-12-2016 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-03-2017

Belgium

• Ratification: 19-03-2007 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-06-2007

Belize

• Ratification: 14-06-2007 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-09-2007

Bulgaria

• Ratification: 04-06-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-09-2004

Cambodia

• Ratification: 08-06-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-09-2001

Canada

• Ratification: 08-04-2010 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-07-2010

Chile

• Ratification: 03-03-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

China

• Signature: 23-02-1990
• Ratification: 03-02-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000
• Hong Kong SAR
  Entry into force: 23-10-2002Macao SAR
  Entry into force: 11-10-2010

Cook Islands

• Ratification: 12-03-2007 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-06-2007

Croatia

• Ratification: 31-01-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-04-2000

Cuba

• Ratification: 25-10-2005 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-01-2006

Cyprus

• Signature: 09-03-1989
• Ratification: 04-02-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Czechoslovakia (<01-01-1993)

• Ratification: 06-12-1990 (A)

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

• Ratification: 08-08-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-11-2001

Denmark

• Ratification: 02-12-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000
• Faroes
  Entry into force: 03-02-2000Greenland
  Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Dominica

• Ratification: 21-06-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 21-09-2000

Ecuador

• Ratification: 28-09-2006 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-12-2006

Egypt

• Ratification: 21-04-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Equatorial Guinea

• Ratification: 24-04-1996 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Eritrea

• Ratification: 04-02-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-05-2000

Estonia

• Ratification: 03-07-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-10-2002

Ethiopia

• Ratification: 03-06-2015 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-09-2015

Fiji

• Ratification: 28-07-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-10-2004

Finland

• Ratification: 17-12-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-03-2000

France

• Signature: 23-01-1990
• Ratification: 05-10-1990 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Gabon

• Ratification: 17-04-2019 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-07-2019

Georgia

• Ratification: 28-03-2019 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-06-2019

Germany

• Ratification: 22-06-1995 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Ghana

• Ratification: 18-11-2019 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-02-2020

Greece

• Signature: 13-02-1990
• Ratification: 19-07-1994 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Grenada

• Ratification: 28-06-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-09-2004

Guinea-Bissau

• Ratification: 12-05-2022 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-08-2022

Honduras

• Ratification: 01-12-2010 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-03-2011

Hungary

• Ratification: 17-04-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-07-2003

Iceland

• Ratification: 12-05-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 12-08-2000

India

• Ratification: 10-08-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 10-11-2000

Indonesia

• Ratification: 28-11-2017 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-02-2018

Iran

• Ratification: 31-10-2006 (A)
• Entry into force: 31-01-2007

Ireland

• Ratification: 07-05-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-08-2002

Italy

• Ratification: 18-04-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Jamaica

• Ratification: 02-05-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 02-08-2003

Japan

• Ratification: 24-06-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Jordan

• Ratification: 14-10-2003 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-01-2004

Kazakhstan

• Ratification: 17-02-2009 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-05-2009

Kenya

• Ratification: 07-07-2015 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-10-2015

Kiribati

• Ratification: 05-02-2007 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-05-2007

Kuwait

• Ratification: 26-09-2019 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-12-2019

Latvia

• Ratification: 22-07-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 22-10-2002

Lebanon

• Ratification: 30-03-2005 (A)
• Entry into force: 30-06-2005

Liberia

• Ratification: 26-02-1997 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Libya

• Ratification: 20-01-2009 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-04-2009

Lithuania

• Ratification: 20-06-2006 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-09-2006

Luxembourg

• Ratification: 14-02-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Madagascar

• Ratification: 26-07-2019 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-10-2019

Malawi

• Ratification: 07-01-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-04-2002

Malaysia

• Ratification: 11-11-2011 (A)
• Entry into force: 11-02-2012

Malta

• Ratification: 28-01-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Marshall Islands

• Ratification: 29-11-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Mauritius

• Ratification: 17-12-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-03-2003

Mexico

• Ratification: 13-05-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Moldova

• Ratification: 11-10-2005 (A)
• Entry into force: 11-01-2006

Mongolia

• Ratification: 19-04-2007 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-07-2007

Montenegro

• Ratification: 27-01-2012 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-04-2012

Myanmar

• Ratification: 03-10-2019 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-01-2020

Namibia

• Ratification: 22-02-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 22-05-2002

Nauru

• Ratification: 18-06-2018 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-09-2018

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Signature: 24-07-1989
• Ratification: 22-02-1991 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

New Zealand

• Ratification: 06-03-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 06-06-2001

Nicaragua

• Ratification: 02-02-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Nigeria

• Ratification: 18-06-2015 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-09-2015

Niue

• Ratification: 27-06-2012 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-09-2012

Norway

• Ratification: 13-10-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Oman

• Ratification: 17-06-1991 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Pakistan

• Ratification: 25-04-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 25-07-2002

Palau

• Ratification: 29-09-2011 (A)
• Entry into force: 29-12-2011

Panama

• Ratification: 17-09-2007 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-12-2007

Peru

• Ratification: 24-06-2009 (A)
• Entry into force: 24-09-2009

Philippines

• Ratification: 24-04-2018 (A)
• Entry into force: 24-07-2018

Poland

• Ratification: 05-11-2008 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-02-2009

Portugal

• Ratification: 02-07-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 02-10-2001

Qatar

• Ratification: 15-01-2019 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-04-2019

Republic of Korea, the

• Ratification: 14-11-1994 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Republic of the Congo

• Ratification: 28-05-2015 (A)
• Entry into force: 28-08-2015

Romania

• Ratification: 18-05-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-08-2001

Russian Federation

• Ratification: 18-08-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-11-2000

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: 09-10-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 09-01-2002

Samoa

• Ratification: 18-05-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-08-2004

São Tomé e Principe

• Ratification: 15-08-2022 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-11-2022

Saudi Arabia

• Ratification: 18-07-2019 (A)
• Entry into force: 18-10-2019

Senegal

• Ratification: 15-10-2018 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-01-2019

Seychelles

• Signature: 26-09-1989
• Ratification: 27-09-1989 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Sierra Leone

• Ratification: 26-07-2001 (A)
• Entry into force: 26-10-2001

Singapore

• Ratification: 18-08-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Slovakia

• Ratification: 30-01-1995 (Su)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Slovenia

• Ratification: 03-06-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Spain

• Ratification: 07-07-1993 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Sweden

• Signature: 28-02-1990
• Ratification: 04-02-1993 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Togo

• Ratification: 17-05-2022 (A)
• Entry into force: 17-08-2022

Tonga

• Ratification: 15-06-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 15-09-2000

Trinidad and Tobago

• Ratification: 07-06-2012 (A)
• Entry into force: 07-09-2012

Tunisia

• Ratification: 13-01-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Türkiye

• Ratification: 04-06-2008 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-09-2008

Tuvalu

• Ratification: 08-07-2004 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-10-2004

Ukraine

• Ratification: 05-12-2018 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-03-2019

United Arab Emirates

• Ratification: 27-09-2017 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-12-2017

United Kingdom

• Ratification: 08-03-2000 (A)
• Entry into force: 08-06-2000
• Bermuda
  Entry into force: 30-01-2004British Virgin Islands
  Entry into force: 10-06-2004Cayman Islands
  Entry into force: 30-01-2004Falkland Islands
  Entry into force: 19-05-2004Gibraltar
  Entry into force: 30-01-2004Jersey
  Entry into force: 19-05-2004Man, Isle of
  Entry into force: 30-01-2004Saint-Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  Entry into force: 10-06-2004Turks and Caicos Islands
  Entry into force: 07-07-2004

United States of America

• Signature: 06-04-1989
• Ratification: 01-07-1991 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Uruguay

• Signature: 15-03-1989
• Ratification: 12-07-2023 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-10-2023

Vanuatu

• Ratification: 26-11-1990 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Venezuela

• Ratification: 18-11-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000

Vietnam

• Ratification: 27-05-2002 (A)
• Entry into force: 27-08-2002

Yemen

• Ratification: 11-01-2012 (A)
• Entry into force: 11-04-2012

Argentina

• Ratification: 02-09-1993 (A)
• Entry into force: 03-02-2000
• 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

  Objections 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.