History of Maritime regulations

Given the fact that most if not all the major maritime regulations have come up after a major disaster, we have chronologically listed the disaster and the regulation that came up after that.

Disasters & Regulations

Snap	Event	Description
from National Geographic	1912 TITANIC	TITANIC and SOLAS Sinking of the TITANIC resulted in the adoption of SOLAS (1929)
from zeesleepvart.com	1967 TORREY CANYON	TORREY CANYON and MARPOL, STCW Sinking of the TORREY CANYON resulted in adoption of MARPOL (1973) and STCW (1978)
from de.academic.ru	1978 AMOCO CADIZ	AMOCO CADIZ and SOLAS, MARPOL Sinking of the AMOCO CADIZ resulted in the adoption of SOLAS (1978) and MARPOL (1978)
from The First Post	1987 HERALD OF FREE ENTERPRISE	HERALD OF FREE ENTERPRISE and ISM, SOLAS Sinking of the HERALD OF FREE ENTERPRISE resulted in the adoption of ISM, Chapter II-1 : Construction - Structure, subdivisions and stability, machinery and electrical installations, and FSA
from ecolocalizer.com	1989 EXXON VALDEZ	1989 EXXON VALDEZ and OPA90 Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker in the former Exxon corporation fleet, grounded on Prince William Sounds Bligh Reef at Valdez, Cook Inlet, Alaska and caused a major oil spill in the pristine waters of Alaska. This caused major ecological damage and Exxon had to pay a huge sum as compensation. Over 40,000 tonnes were spilled on that incident and brought legislators to frame the OPA 90.
from meretmarine.com	1999 ERIKA	1999 ERIKA and European equivalent of OPA90, Eur-OPA 1999 ERIKA and European equivalent of OPA, Eur-OPA