• Welcome to CMI

  We are a non-governmental not-for-profit international organization established in Antwerp in 1897, the object of which is to contribute by all appropriate means and activities to the unification of maritime law in all its aspects.

• About CMI

  The CMI holds a Conference every 3 – 4 years at which the work of International Working Groups and/or International Sub-Committees is debated and, if appropriate, concluded with a resolution at the plenary session at the end of the Conference.

• Beijing Conference and Shanghai Add-On

  The next CMI Conference will be held in Beijing October 14 - 19, 2012 and Shanghai October 20 - 22, 2012. The Conference Hotel will be the Beijing Kempinski Hotel, 50 Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100125, P.R.C. Further details will be provided soon.

About CMI

The CMI holds a Conference every 3 – 4 years at which the work of International Working Groups and/or International Sub-Committees is debated and, if appropriate, concluded with a resolution at the plenary session at the end of the Conference.

In between the Conferences, Colloquia and Symposia are sometimes organised by National Maritime Law Association in conjunction with the CMI. In years when there is such a meeting, the annual Assembly of the CMI will be organised in conjunction therewith and otherwise as a separate event.

CMI History

The Comite Maritime International (CMI) was formally established in 1897. It is a non-governmental not-for-profit international organisation established in Antwerp, the object of which is to contribute by all appropriate means and activities to the unification of maritime law in all its aspects.