按海上運送意外事故中關於船舶碰撞相關法令計有:
*1972年國際海上避碰規則公約 (Convention on The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972)
*1977年里約規則(The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Concerning Civil Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Matters of Ship Collision, 1977 (Rio Rules) ,該規則是統一船舶碰撞中有關民事管轄權、法律選擇、判決的承認和執行方面若干規則的國際公約。