Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic

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IMO convention international treaty maritime convention

The Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic is an international treaty that streamlines and standardizes administrative procedures in shipping to reduce delays and enhance the efficiency of maritime transport.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
IMO instruments on facilitation of international maritime traffic	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	IMO convention ⓘ international treaty ⓘ maritime convention ⓘ
abbreviation	FAL ⓘ
adoptedAt	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
adoptedBy	International Maritime Organization ⓘ
adoptionDate	1965-04-09 ⓘ
aimsTo	enhance efficiency of port and ship operations ⓘ harmonize national maritime administrative procedures ⓘ reduce paperwork in port clearance procedures ⓘ
appliesTo	public authorities dealing with ship, crew, passengers and cargo formalities ⓘ ships engaged in international voyages ⓘ
category	treaty concluded in 1965 ⓘ
contains	recommended practices ⓘ standards ⓘ
encourages	single window systems for maritime administrative procedures ⓘ use of electronic data interchange for ship reporting formalities ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1967-03-05 ⓘ
governs	arrival procedures for ships ⓘ departure procedures for ships ⓘ stay in port procedures for ships ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalArea	international trade facilitation ⓘ maritime law ⓘ
monitoredBy	IMO Facilitation Committee ⓘ
objective	to balance facilitation of maritime transport with necessary control measures by public authorities ⓘ
purpose	to facilitate maritime transport by simplifying and reducing formalities, documentary requirements and procedures ⓘ to prevent unnecessary delays in maritime traffic ⓘ
regulates	administrative procedures in international shipping ⓘ formalities for cargo and ship’s stores ⓘ formalities for persons on board ships ⓘ formalities required on arrival, stay and departure of ships ⓘ
relatedTo	International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships ⓘ International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ⓘ World Customs Organization instruments ⓘ
scope	international maritime traffic ⓘ
setsStandard	FAL Form 1 – General Declaration ⓘ FAL Form 2 – Cargo Declaration ⓘ FAL Form 3 – Ship’s Stores Declaration ⓘ FAL Form 4 – Crew’s Effects Declaration ⓘ FAL Form 5 – Crew List ⓘ FAL Form 6 – Passenger List ⓘ FAL Form 7 – Dangerous Goods Manifest ⓘ standardized FAL forms for ship reporting ⓘ
shortName	FAL Convention amendments ⓘ surface form: FAL Convention
subjectOf	amendments adopted by the International Maritime Organization ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

IMO Facilitation Convention amendments → appliesTo → Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic ⓘ

FAL → develops → Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic ⓘ

this entity surface form: IMO instruments on facilitation of international maritime traffic

FAL → oversees → Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic ⓘ

Facilitation Committee → regulates → Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic ⓘ