24 maritime news articles about Gard
Despite the elevated piracy risk in the Gulf of Guinea, ships operating in the region should maintain their automatic identification systems (AIS) in operation at all times.
**Updated 17 November 2020** When the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act was signed into US law in December 2018, the US Environmental Protection Agency was given two years to develop new national discharge standards for vessels that are at least as stringent as the discharge…
Migrants continue to put their lives at risk to make their way across the Mediterranean to Europe in hope of a better future. The small boats are crowded with people.
Gard (North America), is honored to be a co-sponsor of the American Bar Association Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee Annual Writing Competition.
Ships have reported an increasing number of cases of significant GPS interference and jamming in recent months. The geographic areas with more than one reported incident include the eastern and central Mediterranean Sea, the Persian Gulf, and multiple Chinese ports.
Twice yearly Gard’s Arendal based employees gather to clean Merdø, our adopted island in Raet National Park. Gard also sponsors local youth groups who fan out over the southern Norwegian coastline to pick up litter as part of the Hold Norge Rent (Keep Norway Beautiful) beach cleaning days.
Many predictions were made in the run up to the imposition of the MARPOL 2020 sulphur cap, none of which was that the transition to Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (VLSFO) would be smooth sailing. From Gard’s experience, the transition has been smoother than many predicted but not without challenges.
More than 20 years ago, the case came to Gard lawyer, Kelly Wagland, in our London office and now it has a final resolution. We thank lawyers, Amitava Majumdar, Damayanti Sen & Tripti Sharma of the law firm Bose & Mitra & Co, for providing the details of the Indian Supreme Court’s decision in the case of The Chairman,
On 20 July 2020 the United States Coast Guard adopted revisions to its Ballast Water Management (BWM) Reporting Form. The new reporting form replaces all previous versions and the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse (NBIC) will no longer accept older versions of the form.
Failure to maintain a proper lookout and to take early avoiding action are common contributing factors to collisions, say Australian authorities.
In the early morning hours of 23 March, the laden bulk carrier, KAAMI grounded in bad weather in the Little Minch channel between the islands of Skye and Lewis off Scotland. Gard insured the KAAMI for both P&I liability, and Hull & Machinery.
In response to several incidents of containers being lost into the sea, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has initiated a focused inspection campaign on container stowage and securing arrangements, both fixed and portable, that will run from 1 August 2020 to 31…
Soya beans are big business and Brazil has now become the world’s leading producer, surpassing the United States. We looked to consultant scientist, Dr Stephanie Heard for insight into carriage of soya beans in bulk between Brazil and China and some of the problems that may be encountered due to moisture content at lo
Muster lists lacking sufficient detail was one of the most notable deficiencies found by port state control regimes during their concentrated inspection campaign on emergency systems in 2019.
Undeclared/excess bunkers can be considered a criminal act by Turkish customs officials with the ship's crew being accused of smuggling.
There have been many grounding incidents in the waters within the Indonesian archipelago over the past few years and many have involved depth anomalies. Grounding incidents on charted obstructions are avoidable, but what about when obstructions such as shoals, reefs or rocks that are not charted?
On this [Day of the Seafarer](http://www.imo.org/en/About/Events/dayoftheseafarer/Pages/Day-of-the-Seafarer-2020.aspx#:~:text=%E2%80%8BThis%20year%2C%20the%20annual,th%20anniversary%20on%2025%20June), we stand with the IMO to call for universal designation of seafarers as key…
Collapse of on-deck container stacks represent a grave threat to crew and ship safety and to the environment. The shipping community and their insurers have suffered substantial financial losses during the last years as the number of container stack collapse cases resulting in loss of containers at sea is increasing b
Well before the novel coronavirus appeared on the horizon making life difficult for seafarers, Gard Claims Executive Osmund Johnsen happily accepted an invitation from Gard Member Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi (KGJS) to sail with the SKS MOSEL during a bunkering voyage from Las Palmas to Algeciras. He wrote abou
While shipping traffic is one of many human activities in the ocean that may have an adverse impact on marine life, the opposite is also true. The presence of marine fauna in some geographic regions can pose a serious threat to the safety of ships and the individual seafarer.
In this article, we interview Torunn Biller White, Gard’s Chief Risk Officer and talk about how Gard manages risk and the methodology for identifying emerging risks in the medium and long term.
When doing a risk assessment, we often overcomplicate it and forget its real purpose. Don’t forget the real purpose of risk assessments
A permit to work (PTW) is a formal authorization system to control work activities and is considered to be an integral part of safe work systems.
COVID – 19 lockdown and social distancing rules and recommendations have made traditional legal proceedings all but impossible. Rather than postpone court hearings, arbitrations and mediations, video streaming platforms have been pressed into service.