Final Act of the Conference with attachments including the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966, signed in London 5 April 1966.

The first International Convention on Load Lines, adopted in 1930, was based on the principle of reserve buoyancy, although it was recognized then that the freeboard should also ensure adequate stability and avoid excessive stress on the ship's hull as a result of overloading. In the 1966 Load...

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Corporate Authors:	International Conference on Load Lines London, England, Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization
Format:	Conference Proceeding Book
Language:	English French Russian Spanish
Published:	London, Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization [1966]
Subjects:	Load-line. Ligne de flottaison en charge. plimsoll lines. Congress Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congre`s.
Online Access:	http://www.imo.org/Conventions/mainframe.asp?topic_id=254