What was the reason why the SOLAS came into force?
The incident which led to the convening of the 1914 international SOLAS conference was the sinking of the White Star liner Titanic on her maiden voyage in April 1912.
The disaster raised so many questions about current standards that the UK Government proposed holding an international conference to consider new regulations. The conference was attended by representatives of 13 countries and the SOLAS Convention was adopted on 20 January 1914.
This convention was later updated through various amendments and finally SOLAS 1974 came into force when it was decided to keep it updated by amendments through the coming years.
