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Log in to Gard for your P&I renewal 2025! Discover the convenience of the Gard Log In and unlock the power of self-service. With the Gard Log In you get access to all your essential information in a secure and user-friendly way. 🔹 Full overview of your profile, documents, invoices, vessels and claims 🔹 Download or order your Blue Cards, MLCs and Loss Records  🔹 Send documents directly to your email inbox Download the Gard app from App Store or Google Play and always stay up to date. For more information, please visit our website https://gard.no/portal/ #renewal #marineinsurance #gard

Congratulations to Kimmy Carrie Necesario, this year’s Gard-sponsored student at the World Maritime University, on her graduation! The graduation ceremony was led by the Secretary General of the IMO, Arsenio Dominguez in his capacity as Chancellor of the University. In his address, he acknowledged the support of the donors who provide fellowships for students.  Gard was represented at the event by Helenka Leary, Senior Corporate Lawyer. Following her graduation, Kimmy will now return to her post with the Philippine Coast Guard. The WMU was established by the IMO in 1983 to increase the number of highly qualified specialist maritime personnel in all countries across the world, and in particular developing countries. Since then, some 6,000 students have graduated from the university and brought their learning back to their respective countries and organisations. #wmu #imo #marineinsurance #gard #

Gard has announced a 10% Owners’ General Discount for renewing mutual Members for the 2025 P&I renewal. Rolf Thore Roppestad, CEO, said: “With this, we continue our streak of returning capital to our membership, providing stability and consistency in a volatile time. We ensure financial robustness and long-term resilience, while at the same time not holding more capital than is needed.”   Gard also announced a 4 per cent premium increase for the upcoming P&I renewal to keep next year’s underwriting result in balance, with a marginal loss on the mutual insurance product. Bjørnar Andresen, Gard’s Chief Underwriting Officer, explained: “The macroeconomic outlook continues to be uncertain, and we need to take into account an expected increase in claims. With a moderate premium adjustment, we are ensuring that we can continue to offer mutual P&I at competitive prices, while at the same time ensuring the group’s long-term stability.” #marineinsurance #gard #maritime https://lnkd.in/ecwgMQNS  

The IMO has updated its fuel oil sampling guidelines. The 'MARPOL delivered sample' size has increased from 400ml to 600ml and must now also be available for checking the flashpoint requirements under SOLAS Regulation II-2/4.2.1. The minimum 60 degrees Celsius (°C) flashpoint limit in SOLAS Regulation II-2/4.2.1.1 is not new, but the regulations designed to prevent the supply of oil fuel in breach of this limit are. #bunkering #imo #marpol #marineinsurance #gard https://lnkd.in/ebY-Rmn3

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Fuel EU will have an impact on vessel purchase contracts. Buying a vessel that has operated in the EU after 1 January 2025 may bring unexpected costs. After FuelEU comes into force, the buyers of vessels will need to check if the vessel has been trading in the EU. If it has not traded in the EU in the period prior to change of ownership, there is less of a concern. However, it may become necessary for a buyer to perform a more thorough analysis of the vessel’s previous movements or include suitable protections in the sales contract to cover outstanding FuelEU liabilities. For example, a buyer from 2026 onwards may seek a warranty that there has been no “borrowing” under the regulations in previous years. #fueleu #maritime #europe #ship #marineinsurance #gard https://lnkd.in/ezDWBEK4

New Cefor - The Nordic Association of Marine Insurers sanctions due diligence questionnaire. The questionnaire contains a non-exhaustive list of key questions to ask as part of the due diligence process in respect of specific voyages that are high-risk in relation to sanctions. #sanctions #cefor #marineinsurance #hullandmachinery #gard https://lnkd.in/eYaYbzjA

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Lawyer/Senior Lawyer to join our team of Sanctions specialists. 🏡You can be based in either Norway, London, or Piraeus 🌐You will assist colleagues in our offices around the world ⚖️You will provide legal advice on operational sanctions risks whilst navigating complex sanctions landscapes. Do you have the background and expertise we are looking for and are keen to develop your expertise in this important legal field? Click here to find out more ▶️ https://lnkd.in/e32A2DFH

So far this year, the number of weather-related incidents off the coast of South Africa has reached the same level as the combined total for the last three years. Since October 2023, we have seen a massive shift in traffic away from the Red Sea, with most of the change happening after the seizure of the Galaxy Leader in November 2023. In relative terms, the greatest increase in the traffic has come from larger vehicle carriers and container vessels. Prior to the geopolitical tensions in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, hardly any vessels of this size took the route around the Cape. In our article, Siddharth Mahajan, Robert Dadson and Kim Thomassen Watle, CFA dive deeper into the weather-related and navigational risks associated with diverting off South Africa and highlight the areas where we see most accidents, the types of vessels most exposed, and the precautions shipowners and mariners should be taking when rerouting to this area. #southafrica #weather #marineinsurance #maritime #accidents #gard https://lnkd.in/eZdbBjvA

Roll-on/roll-off and tanker vessels will be added to the vessel types required to control their emissions while at berth in a California port from 1 January 2025. Since 2014, the California Resource Board (CARB) has regulated emissions from container, refrigerated cargo (reefer), and passenger vessels that visit certain state ports.  The regulation covers emissions from container, reefer and passenger vessels, and now expands the requirements to more pollutants and vessel types. CARB determines the need for emission control regulation in each port based on the port’s annual vessel activity. #airemission #airpollution #california #marineinsurance #gard https://lnkd.in/eMRKuBD8