Tag: Gard Club

InterManager’s statistics highlight a worrying trend of seafarers and shore personnel that lose their lives in enclosed spaces accidents.

According to Gard Club’s correspondent in Argentina, ship operators continue to be fined for inaccuracies when filing customs declarations.

Gard P&I Club informs of the possibility of unexpected and random inspections in Turkish ports, focusing particularly on discrepancies between declared bunker quantities and actual measurements. 

Gard P&I Club has issued a set of recommendations for operators to avoid striking whales, as many species are threatened by vessel traffic. 

Pilots working in some ports in Brazil have in some instances refused to board vessels that do not maintain adequate temperature control.

According to Gard P&I Club, buying a vessel that has operated in the EU after 1 January 2025 may bring unexpected costs.

According to Gard P&I Club, there has been a significant number of heavy weather-related incidents off the South African coast.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on 18 October received authorization for its 2020 At-Berth Regulation, which further reduces pollution from ocean-going vessels while docked at California’s busiest ports.

Many ships are avoiding the Red Sea by sailing around South Africa exposing them to unforgiving seas around the Cape. With several incidents of cargo stowage failure and container losses in the region recently there are fears of more to come, argue Are Solum, Team Leader, Dry Cargo Claims (Lawyer), Gard AS, and Mark Russell, Mark Russell as Managing Director of Gard's Hong Kong office.  

According to Gard P&I Club, recent cases illustrate that launching a drone from a vessel in Norway, for instance to capture photographs, may result in serious consequences for the crew, the vessel, and the shipowner.