The SOLAS Consolidated Edition 2024 is the International Maritime Organization's complete text of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974. It brings together the Convention, its 1988 Protocol and all amendments in force on 1 July 2024 in one book, so you have the SOLAS requirements that apply from that date.

Edition at a glance

What's inside

• The Articles of the SOLAS Convention, 1974
• The 1988 SOLAS Protocol
• The consolidated Annex: construction, fire protection, life-saving appliances, radiocommunications, safety of navigation and the later chapters
• Certificates and documents required on board
• Unified interpretations of SOLAS regulations approved by the Maritime Safety Committee

Amendments covered in this edition include

• Safe mooring operations: inspection, maintenance and replacement of mooring equipment
• Modernised GMDSS requirements
• Watertight integrity rules aligned with the probabilistic damage stability approach (Chapter II-1)
• Changes linked to the LSA Code and the IGF Code

Who needs it

SOLAS applies to ships on international voyages. Masters, officers, ship managers, superintendents, surveyors and maritime administrations use the consolidated edition as their working reference.

En español

A fin de facilitar la consulta de todas las prescripciones del Convenio SOLAS aplicables a partir del 1 de julio de 2024, esta edición contiene el texto refundido del Convenio, su Protocolo de 1988 y todas las enmiendas en vigor en esa fecha, así como las interpretaciones unificadas adoptadas por el Comité de Seguridad Marítima.