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We refer to Member Circular 10/2021 regarding the amendments to the Rules for 2022. This circular aims to provide additional information on a special extension of cover for communicable disease/coronavirus risks to fixed premium P&I Members and Small Craft customers. Fixed premium P&I covers reinsured outside the International Group’s Pooling Agreement – special extension of ...

Pursuant to our Member Circular No. 6/2021 on “Carriage of Iron Ore Fines Cargoes from Sierra Leone”, the club has been notified of a number of cases of actual liquefaction/dynamic separation of iron ore fines loaded from Sierra Leone. Gard has been working closely with experts to understand the scale of the problem on the ...

California Gold Rush? – State law increases monetary fines in marine oil pollution cases The civil fine penalty range was altered from USD 5,000 minimum to USD 500,000 maximum, to a doubling of amount, namely USD 10,000 minimum to USD 1 million maximum. Additionally, and more significantly, there was a change to the second tier of fines that could be imposed if criminal charges are brought in such a case, to an amount up to USD 1,000 per US gallon, involving a spill quantity greater than 1,00...