News and circulars from Gard, a leading international provider of marine and energy insurance products. Web address: www.gard.no http://www.gard.no http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:07:47 +0100 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:05:19 +0100 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Reinsurance Arrangements for the 2010 Policy Year United States Oil Pollution Cover; Special War Risks; P&I Cover http://www.gard.no/ikbViewer/page/sharing-knowledge/circular?p_document_id=1305637 01745490-6623-40CC-A78A-95CFEDD5CE27 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:05:19 +0100 Gard is pleased to announce that Tadashi Sugimoto will be joining the group's Tokyo office on 20 February, 2010, as managing director of Gard (Japan). http://www.gard.no/ikbViewer/page/sharing-knowledge/news?p_document_id=1194635 94AF0372-ABC4-47A8-AC32-689FBF2603CA Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:59:13 +0100 Standard & Poor's affirms ratings on Assuranceforeningen Gard - gjensidig - and its related core entities as 'A' stable. http://www.gard.no/ikbViewer/Content/619601/Standard%20and%20Poors%20report%20for%20Gard%20Group%202010.pdf 2C69DBEA-33BD-49D4-8603-B544DDF5859C Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:56:59 +0100 Gard Alert: Focused Inspection Campaign - Australia - Container securing equipment - SOLAS Chapter VI Regulation 5 http://www.gard.no/ikbViewer/page/preventing-losses/area/article?p_document_id=138205&p_dimension_id=17420 ED8B0B52-6143-4F20-B1E2-96BF10F58DDD Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:54:47 +0100 The Regulations will require the "operators" of any ship carrying polluting and hazardous cargoes in bulk or of any other vessel above 10,000 gt to conclude a pollution clean up contract with a PRC Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) approved pollution response company before entering a PRC. http://www.gard.no/ikbViewer/page/sharing-knowledge/circular?p_document_id=503151 2D0B41F2-965A-49D2-B904-A08A74FBE1A0 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:52:04 +0100 This circular outlines the amendments to the Rules for Ships and the Rules for mobile offshore units for the 2010 policy year. http://www.gard.no/ikbViewer/page/sharing-knowledge/circular?p_document_id=137222 87950CD0-4ED1-40C8-ACA1-0BAB0EBDE122 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:51:03 +0100 Although there was a substantial decrease in piracy activity in the Gulf of Aden during 2009, piracy in the Somali Basin/Indian Ocean reached record levels during the same period. http://www.gard.no/ikbViewer/Content/998003/No%2002-10%20Counter%20Piracy%20%20Follow%20Best%20Management%20Practices%20(BMP).pdf 0699F881-5EA0-4ACC-B4C1-52C58726F22A Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:46:57 +0100 When dealing with liability claims in shipping one often come across terminology unfamiliar to those not working with claims on a regular basis. http://www.gard.no/ikbViewer/Content/503153/No%2001-10%20LOI%20LOU%20and%20BLG%20-%20Confused.pdf F79E533F-9DB2-465C-B3B4-A0B1848B6021 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:44:49 +0100 Earlier this year we addressed the problems of anchoring in congested areas off Singapore.1 In this circular we address the problems encountered when anchoring within Malaysian waters off Singapore. http://www.gard.no/ikbViewer/Content/135330/No%2016-09%20Anchoring%20within%20Malaysian%20waters%20off%20Singapore.pdf F1337814-C5E8-4924-A755-3AF06123BEB8 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:42:30 +0100 Members have previously been advised that the legislative dossiers that constitute the Third EU Maritime Safety Package (3 MSP) entered into force on 17 June 2009, although they will not have effect in EU Member States until they have either been implemented into the domestic law of Member States (where the legislation has been agreed in the form of a Directive) or their agreed application date has passed (where the legislation has been agreed in the form of a Regulation). http://www.gard.no/ikbViewer/page/sharing-knowledge/circular?p_document_id=135855 F09B78DA-594F-4D6B-8104-67CB7B7D49F4 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:38:10 +0100 The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA) has mandated that the United States Coast Guard evaluate the effectiveness of anti-terrorism measures in foreign ports and provides for the imposition of conditions of entry on vessels arriving to the United States from countries that do not maintain effective anti-terrorism measures (MTSA, 46 USC § 70108). http://www.gard.no/ikbViewer/Content/134091/USCG%20Port%20Security%20Advisory%2010-09.pdf 3DBFB4AB-26B6-4C55-96ED-E8847E40FD1D Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:13:48 +0100