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P&I / InsuranceGard·over 3 years ago
The Norwegian Transparency Act in the maritime context | Gard's Insights
Maintaining fundamental human rights and decent working conditions for all involved in a ship during its lifespan can pose challenges. Among the factors that make it challenging are the shipping industry's long supply chains, the number of business partners, and the lack of coherent international labour and safety sta
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AccidentsGard·over 3 years ago
USS Fitzgerald and ACX Crystal collision: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals delineates the reach of personal jurisdiction | Gard's Insights
The Court, sitting en banc, held that the Fifth Amendment due process test for personal jurisdiction governed this admiralty dispute and mirrors the Fourteenth Amendment test. Applying the test, the Court concluded that Nippon Yusen Kabushiki (NYK) had insufficient contacts with the United States to justify exercising
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P&I / InsuranceGard·over 3 years ago
Are your hatch covers weathertight? | Gard's Insights
Cargo damage due to wetting represents a significant percentage of the claims presented to Gard every year. One of the leading causes is defective hatch covers which in our experience remains a recurring problem.
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P&I / InsuranceGard·over 3 years ago
Mediation: Is there an art to the deal? | Gard's Insights
Mediation as a maritime dispute resolution tool can be an effective and cost-effective way to avoid litigation. The practice is widespread in the United States and becoming increasingly popular in the United Kingdom.
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P&I / InsuranceGard·over 3 years ago
Controlling hypertension at sea | Gard's Insights
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, can lead to stroke, heart and kidney disease and other serious medical conditions. A healthy diet, exercise and appropriate medication can reduce high blood pressure.
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P&I / InsuranceGard·almost 4 years ago
Tips and traps when contracting with facilities for repair, conversion and upgrades | Gard's Insights
Complex questions can arise about who has control, responsibility and authority over a vessel when in the custody of a drydock facility. Lack of clarity over contractual and insurance risk allocation issues can be complicating factors when damage occurs while a vessel is at a repair yard or in dry dock.
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P&I / InsuranceGard·almost 4 years ago
Be careful with lines under tension | Gard's Insights
Mooring deck fatalities as a result of snap-back continue to occur despite well published guidance on the hazard, warns the UK MAIB.
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P&I / InsuranceGard·almost 4 years ago
Do you know the safe passages through the Bohai Strait in China? | Gard's Insights
The Bohai Strait in China is the only entrance and exit for vessels to the Bohai Sea. In recent years, there have been frequent reports of ships being fined by the authorities for crossing the areas with restricted navigation in the Bohai Strait.
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RegulationsGard·almost 4 years ago
Boost for biofuels as IMO removes regulatory hurdle | Gard's Insights
MARPOL Annex VI regulations were written for petroleum derived fuels but also apply to biofuels. It has been a challenge to meet the regulatory requirement to demonstrate that biofuels do not “cause an engine to exceed the applicable NOx emission limit”.
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P&I / InsuranceGard·almost 4 years ago
US Supreme Court confirms that US discovery processes are not available for private foreign arbitration proceedings | Gard's Insights
Guest authors, lawyers from the Holland and Knight law office in New York, report on a recent United States Supreme Court case that forecloses access to broad US discovery procedures in foreign arbitrations. The ruling may have relevance to charterparty disputes involving a US entity.
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P&I / InsuranceGard·almost 4 years ago
Ship recycling – Norwegian Appeals Court explores the limits of individual shipowner responsibility | Gard's Insights
Illegal scrap of vessels can result in criminal liability which may be applicable not only to the ship owning company, but also to shipyards, brokers, insurance companies, banks and other entities enabling the transaction. In 2020, Norway saw its first case ̶ TIDE CARRIER ̶ exemplifying the prohibition to scrap vessel
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P&I / InsuranceGard·almost 4 years ago
Parsing the BIMCO Emission Trading Scheme Allowances Clause | Gard's Insights
The BIMCO Emission Trading Scheme Allowances Clause has been published with the aim of allowing owners and charterers to allocate responsibility for vessels complying with, *inter alia,* the EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS). The application of the EU ETS to shipping is still under discussion but expected to take ef
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P&I / InsuranceGard·almost 4 years ago
The Poseidon Principles – what will it look like in practice? | Gard's Insights
With the Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance having entered into force, many are asking what this initiative will mean in practice. How will emissions data be collected and what will they be used for?
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P&I / InsuranceGard·almost 4 years ago
Polar Code on the PSC agenda | Gard's Insights
Paris MOU has launched an inspection campaign to verify compliance with the requirements of the Polar Code. The campaign will be run over two periods, the first inspection period started on 13 June and will last until 1 July 2022, the second period will run from 1 to 19 August 2022.
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P&I / InsuranceGard·almost 4 years ago
Biofouling management: the benefits of a clean hull | Gard's Insights
**Updated 21 October 2022** Australia has joined New Zealand and California and requires international vessels to provide information on how biofouling has been proactively managed prior to arriving in its territorial seas. While the aim of these national and sub-national biofouling regulations are to protect marine b
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P&I / InsuranceGard·almost 4 years ago
Having an abandon ship drill anytime soon? | Gard's Insights
Make sure the ship’s crew conduct a thorough visual inspection of the lifeboat and davit installation and a ‘test lowering’ prior to operating the lifeboat with crew onboard.
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P&I / InsuranceGard·about 4 years ago
Bunker quality – do bunker suppliers have charterers over a barrel? | Gard's Insights
As the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore continues to investigate HSFO bunkers found to contain harmful chlorinated hydrocarbons supplied in the first quarter this year, our authors review the imbalance between the position of time charterer vis-à-vis vessel owners versus…
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P&I / InsuranceGard·about 4 years ago
Fire safety onboard ships – a continuous cause for concern | Gard's Insights
Fuel leaks and oil soaked insulation in engine rooms, clogged nozzles of fixed fire extinguishing systems, malfunctioning fire water pumps, holes in ventilation ducts… The list of unacceptable fire safety systems and arrangements observed during port state control inspections is…
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P&I / InsuranceGard·about 4 years ago
Entry into enclosed spaces - are you prepared? | Gard's Insights
Recurring enclosed space incidents serve as a stark reminder that entry into such spaces without proper training or following procedures can result in seafarers being killed or seriously injured. Far too often, we also see that seafarers who die in enclosed spaces do so in the course of attempting to rescue fellow cre
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P&I / InsuranceGard·about 4 years ago
Gard warns Members to remain vigilant about liquefaction risk | Gard's Insights
Gard has recently been notified of new incidents where solid bulk cargoes classified as Group A, liable to liquefy, have been loaded with moisture content in excess of the transportable moisture limit (TML). Gard reminds Members to remain vigilant when loading such cargoes and to have a low threshold for contacting th
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P&I / InsuranceGard·about 4 years ago
Broad foreign arbitration clauses are enforceable in the US | Gard's Insights
Recent US Court of Appeals decision reinforces the enforceability of broad arbitration clauses subject to the New York Arbitral Convention and the applicability of such arbitration clauses to non-signatories in certain circumstances under the US doctrine of collateral estoppel. The decision adds additional support to
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P&I / InsuranceGard·about 4 years ago
Crisis in Ukraine – an interview with Torunn Biller White | Gard's Insights
Torunn Biller White, Gard’s Chief Risk Officer, talks with Senior Lawyer Wan Jing Tan about the crisis in the Ukraine and how this has affected Gard and our Members and clients. In a discussion ranging from the extreme effect on seafarer well-being, the impact on global commodity markets and the economic fallout from
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P&I / InsuranceGard·about 4 years ago
Three steps to contain an outbreak of infection onboard | Gard's Insights
An ‘outbreak’, in very simple terms is defined as prevalence of an infectious disease in a population. In the context of merchant ships, an outbreak is when multiple crew members are infected by the same infectious disease.