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Amid violent political unrest in South Africa, port operators have declared force majeure for the port of Durban, while Richards Bay has resumed operations at reduced capacity, the Gard Club informed. 

When accidents occur whilst a vessel is under pilotage, the cause is generally a collective underperformance of the bridge team, and it is recognized that the ships’ masters and officers will also have played a part, the Gard P&I Club said.

A Gard Member recently experienced an incident of cargo failure involving Bauxite loaded in Guyana.

Lifeboats are designed to save lives, but over the years there have been many serious casualties, as Gard Club explained.

When a collision occurs, even though all seafarers onboard the vessels involved are affected in some way, the seafarers more at risk are those on fishing vessels, which makes it vital for merchant vessels to take care to avoid these collisions to safeguard lives, the Gard P&I Club said. 

The AGM expert group of the North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO) has proposed revisions of the current risk periods for Asian Gypsy Moth in all the regulated countries. 

As several serious incidents have taken place, where car carriers have capsized as a result of inadequate stability, operators should be aware of the final cargo weight distribution.

Gard Club released a safety alert, providing its safety recommendations over fumigant gasses leaking from cargo holds.

In case of fire onboard, response time is critical to ensure that spread to other compartments or and therefore, that the firefighters will not be exposed to a high degree of risk, the Gard P&I Club emphasized. 

Bunker quality disputes are not uncommon. For this reason, the parties often jointly test a sample to determine if the fuel supplied was on-specification.