Download Gard's loss prevention posters to raise awareness and prevent accidents on board ships, and to promote safety at sea.

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Cyber criminals are looking for weak links in your system.

Protect your weak links

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Cyber criminals are looking for unaware individuals.

Think before you click

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Most data breaches are caused by authorised users.

Is your download free of malware?

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Bunker samples can make or break your "off-spec" claim. Take your own samples and record their seal numbers on the BDN

Bunker samples 

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Follow prescribed medication and monitor your medical vital signs

Pre-joining medical conditions

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Slips, trips and falls are the most common causes of injuries.

Look where you step

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There is no one glove to rule them all

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When walking up or down stairs onboard, apply the old adage of ‘one hand for yourself and one for the ship’ and keep one hand free to grasp the handrail.

Steady on the stairs

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Stay clear. First lines are the most likely to snap.

First lines first!

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Are you snap-safe?

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Your attention is split between the task and protecting yourself from falling.

Get help when working at heights

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Dangerous gases may be heavier or lighter than air - test the space from top to bottom to ensure safe entry.

Dangerous gases – silent and invisible killer 

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Every second counts during an enclosed space rescue drill. Over 3 minutes without oxygen can cause serious damage to the human brain.

Enclosed space entry

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Fatigue intoxicates your brain in the same way as alcohol. Rest hours are there for a reason.

Fatigue

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Report immediately, take prescribed medication and be socially responsible.

Having symptoms of a viral infection?

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Masks reduce transmission and exposure to infections.

Wearing a face mask protects you and those around you

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Act early, follow the plan and monitor the situation.

An outbreak of infection can be contained

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Risk assessment is a mindset, not just a piece of paper

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Good hand hygiene is one of the most effective ways to avoid any type of infection through the spread of germs. Our hands touch numerous surfaces in the course of the day which exposes them to various germs. These germs can enter our bodies and spread serious or fatal infections.

Be a handwash hero

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Fires spread faster than you think. A delayed response can be fatal.

Fire fighting

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Increase hygiene by regularly disinfecting surfaces and washing hands.

High-touch surfaces are hotspots for germs

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Happiness comes from many things, among them healthy body, physical comfort, social engagement and care for others.

Wellbeing

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Check before you enter. Fumigants can leak into adjacent spaces, including accommodation.

Fumigation

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Lifeboats are not there to take lives. Are you familiar enough with your lifeboat hook mechanism to prevent its accidental release?

Lifeboats

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Squeezing through a moving door can be fatal.

Power operated watertight doors

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Don't become part of the circuit

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Permit to work

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Master & Pilot: Each has something the other doesn't. A master knows his ship and the pilot his waters. Mutual knowledge exchange benefits both.

Master & Pilot

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When in doubt, assume you are overtaking. Pass at a safe distance astern of the vessel being overtaken.

Overtaking

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Even if you are stand-on, stay sharp and be prepared.

Stand-on alertness

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Large bearing change at close range may still result in a close-quarter situation, or risk of collision. 

Risk of collision

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An early and apparent change of course is a lot safer than a last minute alteration at close range.

Act early in a crossing situation

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Risk of collision remains the same in open as well as restricted waters.

Situational awareness

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Slowing down allows you to assess the situation and avoid a collision.

Reducing the speed of the vessel will give the Officer of the Watch (OOW) more time to think and act.

Speed reduction

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To prevent bunker spills, actively monitor:
- Agreeed loading rate
- Tanks being loaded
- Tanks not being loaded

Bunker spill prevention

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Our oceans are at risk. Protect marine life with proper waste management.

Waste management

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Investigate the incident, not the individual.

Stop the blame game

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When decisions are made in isolation during critical operations, such as navigation, the consequences of improper execution can be dire.

Avoid decision-making in isolation

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Top management’s commitment to safety must go beyond the signatures appearing on policies and procedures.

Effective safety management system

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Engage your crew and potentially save lives.

Silence may not be golden

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Clear leadership, risk awareness and accountability.

Safety culture

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Seafarers interpret safety based on what they see their leaders do and say.

Walk the talk

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Many fine particle cargoes are liable to flow if sufficiently wet.

Is your cargo too wet?

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When dealing with claims for moisture damage, the voyage records of the hold ventilations play a central role in mitigating the claim.

Its all in the evidence

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Overtightning is as dangerous as under-tightening.

Lashing equipment

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Know your GW criteria when calculating stack height and weight.

GM criteria/ Racking forces

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Poorly marked valves have led to serious pollution and contamination incidents.

Are your valves marked?

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__What is the best evidence in defending liquid cargo contamination claims?__
Every grade of cargo must be sampled before it enters your tanks.

Manifold samples

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Remember vapour line isolation for incompatible cargoes.

Contamination by cargo vapours

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Is your final cargo plan an "estimate"? Small errors could lead to disastrous outcomes.