TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS D. Water Transport
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978
- Reference
- XI-D-3
- Adopted
- Hamburg, 31 March 1978
- Entry into force
- 1 November 1992, in accordance with article 30(1).
- Registration
- 1 November 1992, No. 29215
- Signatories
- 28
- Parties
- 36
- Depositary record
- United Nations Treaty Collection
- 28 signed
- 36 ratified or acceded
- 56 participants listed
Who signed, and when
| Country | Signature | Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | - | 20 Jul 2006 a |
| Austria | 30 Apr 1979 | 29 Jul 1993 |
| Barbados | - | 2 Feb 1981 a |
| Botswana | - | 16 Feb 1988 a |
| Brazil | 31 Mar 1978 | - |
| Burkina Faso | - | 14 Aug 1989 a |
| Burundi | - | 4 Sep 1998 a |
| Cameroon | - | 21 Oct 1993 a |
| Chile | 31 Mar 1978 | 9 Jul 1982 |
| Czech Republic | 2 Jun 1993 d | 23 Jun 1995 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19 Apr 1979 | - |
| Denmark | 18 Apr 1979 | - |
| Dominican Republic | - | 28 Sep 2007 a |
| Ecuador | 31 Mar 1978 | 31 Jul 2025 |
| Egypt | 31 Mar 1978 | 23 Apr 1979 |
| Finland | 18 Apr 1979 | - |
| France | 18 Apr 1979 | - |
| Gambia | - | 7 Feb 1996 a |
| Georgia | - | 21 Mar 1996 a |
| Germany | 31 Mar 1978 | - |
| Ghana | 31 Mar 1978 | - |
| Guinea | - | 23 Jan 1991 a |
| Holy See | 31 Mar 1978 | - |
| Hungary | 23 Apr 1979 | 5 Jul 1984 |
| Jordan | - | 10 May 2001 a |
| Kazakhstan | - | 18 Jun 2008 a |
| Kenya | - | 31 Jul 1989 a |
| Lebanon | - | 4 Apr 1983 a |
| Lesotho | - | 26 Oct 1989 a |
| Liberia | - | 16 Sep 2005 a |
| Madagascar | 31 Mar 1978 | - |
| Malawi | - | 18 Mar 1991 a |
| Mexico | 31 Mar 1978 | - |
| Morocco | - | 12 Jun 1981 a |
| Nigeria | - | 7 Nov 1988 a |
| Norway | 18 Apr 1979 | - |
| Pakistan | 8 Mar 1979 | - |
| Panama | 31 Mar 1978 | - |
| Paraguay | - | 19 Jul 2005 a |
| Peru | - | 25 Mar 2021 a |
| Philippines | 14 Jun 1978 | - |
| Portugal | 31 Mar 1978 | - |
| Romania | - | 7 Jan 1982 a |
| Senegal | 31 Mar 1978 | 17 Mar 1986 |
| Sierra Leone | 15 Aug 1978 | 7 Oct 1988 |
| Singapore | 31 Mar 1978 | - |
| Slovakia | 28 May 1993 d | - |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 12 Sep 2000 a |
| Sweden | 18 Apr 1979 | - |
| Syrian Arab Republic | - | 16 Oct 2002 a |
| Tunisia | - | 15 Sep 1980 a |
| Uganda | - | 6 Jul 1979 a |
| United Republic of Tanzania | - | 24 Jul 1979 a |
| United States of America | 30 Apr 1979 | - |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 31 Mar 1978 | - |
| Zambia | - | 7 Oct 1991 a |
Participants that are UN member states link to their profile. The Holy See, the European Union, the Cook Islands and Niue appear in these tables and are not member states, so they are named without a link rather than attached to the nearest match. The third column carries the depositary’s own annotation. Accession, succession and acceptance are legally distinct from ratification and are shown as the record states them rather than flattened into one word.
Counts verified against the depositary’s own totals for this treaty before publication. The United Nations Treaty Collection is the authority; this page is a readable copy and may lag it.