Load Lines Convention

International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 and Protocol of

Published by International Maritime Organization (IMO)

The CFR incorporates Load Lines Convention by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.

The edition the CFR requires

Load Lines Convention, 1988, as amended in 2003, Consolidated Edition, 2005

As the CFR lists it: “International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 and Protocol of 1988, as amended in 2003, Consolidated Edition, 2005 (“International Convention on Load Lines, 1966”)”

How to read it

A free or purchased copy may not be the edition the CFR names; check it against the edition above. Every incorporated standard can also be inspected at the National Archives (NARA) and at the agency named in the section that lists it.

Load Lines Convention is copyrighted by its publisher; RegKnot shows its title and the editions the CFR names, not its text. Read from the eCFR's incorporation-by-reference sections, current as of October 26, 2026. The regulation text governs. All standards the CFR requires.