The Russian Federation accedes to passenger compensation treaty

The Russian Federation has acceded to the IMO treaty dealing with compulsory insurance covering passengers on ships, IMO says in a press release. The 2002 Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea sets the limits of liability for incidents on a ship involving passengers, including death of or personal injury to a passenger and loss of or damage to luggage and vehicles. Mr. Yury Melenas, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to IMO, met IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim to deposit the instrument of accession (16 January).