Gard Guidance to Masters

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Gard Guidance Masters

1.4 CONTACTING GARD OR THE CORRESPONDENT

Gard AS provides a 24 hour contingency service. Expertise is pooled in a contingency team trained to handle major incidents.

The emergency telephone numbers are:

For P&I:
International +47 90 52 41 00 National (Norway) 90 52 41 00

For Hull and Machinery:
International +47 90 92 52 00 National (Norway) 90 92 52 00

A catastrophic incident is defined as:

“A major threat involving personal injury, death, search or rescue, damage to property or to the marine environment”.

This could arise out of a collision, fire, grounding or pollution incident – the list is almost endless.

For all other incidents, the Master should, in addition to contacting the Company

contact the P&I and/or Hull and Machinery correspondent as soon as possible, or

contact one of Gard’s offices, or

call one of Gard’s out of office hours numbers.

All contact details of Gard’s offices and employees, including direct e-mail addresses, can be found in

Gard Statutes and Rules

Gard List of Correspondents

Gard News

Gard’s website www.gard.no.

1.4 Contacting Gard or the correspondent