Shipping Minister David Jamieson underlined the UK's support for an improved compensation scheme for death or injury to fare-paying passengers or for loss of luggage, when he signed the 2002 Athens Protocol at the International Maritime Organisation IMO in London. - significant increase in the carriers limit of liability for claims from fare paying passengers. These measures will make it much easier for claimants to recover compensation promptly, and efficiently, by providing them with the right to take direct action against the shipowner's insurer. "Signing the 2002 Athens Protocol emphasises the UK Government's commitment to ensuring that fare paying passengers on international voyages are able to receive compensation at realistic levels for death or personal injury claims.