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The IOPC Funds will contribute to a regional workshop on IMO Civil Liability Conventions, to be held in Alexandria, Egypt, from 7 to 11 December 2025. IOPC Funds’ Claims Manager, Mark Homan, will join experts from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Group of P&I Associations to deliver the workshop. This five-day event, which will be attended by representatives from States in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, will cover general information on the role of each organisation.
Participants will also gain insight into the legal framework behind the international liability and compensation regime for ship-source oil pollution, as well as other key conventions, including the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage 2001 (2001 Bunkers Convention), the 1974/2002 Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea , and the 1989 International Convention on Salvage.
Other legal instruments to be covered include the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS Convention), Protocol of 1996 to amend the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC), 1976 and the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007.
The workshop will also feature group exercises on the various topics that will be addressed by the experts.
The workshop will also feature group exercises on the various topics that will be addressed by the experts.