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Masters and crews are urged to stay vigilant and implement proper security procedures to prevent unlawful access to their vessel while in South African ports.

After reports of an attempted military coup in Guinea, shipowners and operators are advised to exercise caution if their vessels are calling at any port in the country.

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.