Gard is pleased to be a sponsor of the Nautical Institute Mariners' Alerting and Reporting Scheme (MARS). MARS is primarily a confidential reporting system run by The Nautical Institute to allow full reporting of accidents (and near misses) without fear of identification or litigation. As a free service to the industry, MARS reports also regularly comprise alerts condensed from official industry sources, so that issues resulting from recent incidents can be efficiently relayed to the mariner on board. With access to the internet from vessels becoming more affordable, the MARS database is a valuable risk assessment, work planning, loss prevention tool and training aid for crew and management.
Monthly MARS reports will be added to this webpage once published, however, the MARS database can also be searched on the Nautical Institute Website when all of the MARS reports related to a specific word or phrase, or a particular report are to be reviewed.
