The Contracting Governments,
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The Contracting Governments,

 DESIRING to establish uniform principles and rules with respect to the limits to which ships on international voyages may be loaded having regard to the need for safeguarding life and property at sea;

 CONSIDERING that this end may best be achieved by conclusion of a convention;

 HAVE AGREED as follows:

Parent topic: Articles of the International Convention on Load Lines, 1966
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