Athens Convention
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The Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (PAL) is an International Maritime Organization (IMO) legal Convention.[1][2][3][4]
2002 Protocol
The convention was adopted at an international conference in Athens on 13 December 1974.[2] It entered into force on 28 April 1987. It harmonised two earlier conventions relating to damage or loss for ship passengers and their luggage.[1][2]
In 2002, a Protocol to update the convention was adopted on 1 November.[5] It entered into force on 23 April 2014.[1] The 2002 Protocol substantially increases the liability limits for shipowners and covers death or personal injury to passengers, as well as damage to both luggage and vehicles.[5]