As investigators stated in one of the accidents featured in this series, human failure is normal and often predictable. The challenge for shipping companies is to understand where it can occur, what ...

Drawing on around 3,000 P&I crew claims from 2025, including an in-depth review of around 400 injury cases, the report highlights persistent patterns in crew illness, injuries and fatalities. It also ...

Findings from the Tokyo MoU and IACS indicate that routine testing may not reflect how emergency power systems perform during a real loss of main power. Inadequate testing can leave critical systems ...

For the first time in its history, Gard’s mutual portfolio has surpassed 300 million gross tonnes (GT) – a significant milestone for the club. Over the past 12 months, 13 million GT were added, ...

As wind‑energy deployment accelerates globally, the logistics of transporting major turbine components—particularly blades, towers, and nacelles—have become increasingly complex. Drawing on Gard’s ...

The Cargo Incident Network System (CINS) has just released its “Guidelines for the Shipping of Lithium-ion Cells and Batteries”, addressing one of the key risks in global cargo transport. Developed in ...

So far in 2026, the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB PRC) has recorded six incidents that may be linked to Somali piracy groups, five in the Somali Basin and one in the ...

On 23 April 2026, the Council of the European Union adopted its 20th package of restrictive measures against Russia, amending Regulation (EU) 833/2014 and Regulation (EU) 269/2014. These measures were ...

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently warned that the strongest solar radiation storm in 20 years could affect Earth’s atmosphere, with potential disruption to ...

In the last of our series on heavy weather risks, this article turns to port arrival and entry scenarios, which remain a vulnerable phase of a voyage. If heavy weather strikes in this phase there are ...

Gard welcomes the judgment delivered on 27 May 2026 by the Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in the M/T Heroic Idun case between the Republic of the Marshall ...

On 28 February 2026, Israel and the US launched a coordinated attack on various sites in Iran. Whilst many of the targets are inland, attacks have also been reported on a number of Iranian ports and ...