Guidance

Rights of passengers travelling by sea in the event of an accident

Advice for ferry and cruise passengers to help them understand their rights in respect of compensation following an accident at sea.

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Department for Transport and Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Published
13 December 2022
Last updated
14 December 2022 — See all updates

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Rights of passengers travelling by sea in the event of an accident

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This guidance provides a summary of retained Regulation (EU) No 392/2009, as amended by Regulation 6 of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Rights) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/649). The amended version came into force on 31 December 2019.

The Regulations implement the Athens Convention 1974 relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (as amended by the Protocol of 2002).

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Published 13 December 2022
Last updated 14 December 2022 + show all updates

  1. Section 2.2: Replaced reference to "units of account" with "SDRs".

  2. First published.

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