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Rule 21 Diversion expenses

Rule 21 Diversion expenses The Association shall cover extra costs of fuel, insurance, wages, stores, provisions and port charges attributable to a diversion, over and above the costs that would have been incurred but for the diversion, where these are incurred solely for the purpose of securing treatment for an injured or sick person on board, or to transfe

Rule 31 Diversion expenses

Rule 31 Diversion expenses The Association shall cover extra costs of fuel, insurance, wages, stores, provisions and port charges attributable to a diversion, over and above the costs that would have been incurred but for the diversion, where these are incurred solely for the purpose of securing treatment for an injured or sick person on board, or to transfe

Limitations etc. on P&I cover - Rule 63: Excluded losses

Rule 63 Excluded losses 1 The Association shall not cover under a P&I entry, except where and to the extent that they form a part of a claim for expenses under Rule 46 (measures to avert or minimise loss): a loss of or damage to the Ship or any part thereof except to the extent that it forms part of a claim recoverable under Rule 49 (Confiscation of the Ship

アジア型マイマイガ（AGM）の検査シーズン到来 / It is time to inspect for Asian Gypsy Moth (Japanese)

5月25日より2021年のアジア型マイマイガ（AGM）のリスク期間が始まります。リスク期間中、アジア太平洋の特定地域に寄港する船舶は、出港前に検査を受けた上で「AGM不在証明書」を取得する必要性が生じます。なお、2022年はリスク期間開始日が繰り上げられる可能性があります。

It is time to inspect for Asian Gypsy Moth

25 May is the beginning of this year’s Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) risk periods, the time of the year when vessels calling at certain ports in Asia Pacific will need to be inspected and certified free of AGM prior to their departure. There are indications that next year, the risk periods may begin even earlier.

Gard Directors' Report and Financial Statements 2021 (20 February 2021)

Risks covered - Rule 47: Fines

Rule 47 Fines 1 The Association shall cover fines or other penalties imposed upon a Member (or, imposed upon a third party whom the Member is legally obliged to reimburse or whom the Member reimburses with the Agreement of the Association) in respect of the Ship by any court, tribunal or other authority of competent jurisdiction for or in respect of any of t

Risks covered - Rule 34: Cargo liability

Rule 34 Cargo liability 1 The Association shall cover the following liabilities when and to the extent that they relate to cargo intended to be or being or having been carried on the Ship: a liability for loss, shortage, damage or other responsibility arising out of any breach by the Member, or by any person for whose acts, neglect or default he may be lega

Premiums and Calls - Rule 14: Determination of Estimated Total Calls, Owners' General Discount and Supplementary Calls etc.

Rule 14 Determination of Estimated Total Calls, Owner' General Discount and Supplementary Calls etc. The Association may determine Estimated Total Calls and Supplementary Calls and variations in the Estimated Total Calls and Owners' General Discounts, either generally for all entries or separately for any entry or category of entries. Guidance While Rule 13

Premiums and Calls - Rule 12: Estimated Total Calls and Owners' General Discount

Rule 12 Estimated Total Calls and Owners' General Discount 1 Before the commencement of each Policy Year, the Association shall decide whether and to what extent the Members renewing their entries in the Association shall be granted an Owners’ General Discount in the Estimated Total Calls of all Ships entered for that Policy Year. 2 Notification of the Own

Protection and Indemnity (P&I) cover

A. Early DevelopmentThe use of marine insurance as a means of providing protection against loss bymaritime perils can be traced back to at least 215 B.C.E. but the origins of marine insurance, as it is practiced today, can be traced back to the 13th century to the merchants of the cities of Lombardy, especially Florence, and of the Hanseatic towns of norther

Rule 24 Termination by the Association

Rule 24 Termination by the Association 1 The Association may terminate the entry with effect from the end of the Policy Year in respect of one or more Ships by giving written notice thereof prior to 20th January. 2 The Association may also terminate the insurance of any or all of the Ships entered by a Member: a) without notice, where a casualty or other eve

Additional covers

P&I cover is intended to give protection and comfort to shipowners and operators against losses and liabilities that they regularly incur whilst engaged in shipping operations and has been doing so for centuries. Since such cover is mutual in nature in the sense that Members indemnify each other against such risks and do not seek to make a profit when doing

Limitations etc. on Defence cover - Rule 70: Limitation

Rule 70 Limitation 1 The Association shall not be obliged to compensate under a Defence entry legal and other costs falling within the scope of Rule 65 and legal and other costs incurred in establishing or resisting claims in connection with purchase and sale of the Ship, including claims in connection with the future employment of the Ship being purchased,

Appendix VI Rules on Overspill Claims and Overspill Calls and related matters

Appendix VI 1 Interpretation 1.1 In this Appendix the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings: Convention LimitIn respect of a ship, the limit of liability of the shipowner of that ship for claims (other than claims for loss of life or personal injury) at the Overspill Claim Date, calculated in accordance with Article 6, paragraph

Appendix IV Passengers and seamen

Appendix IV Passengers and seamen 1 For the purposes of this Appendix IV, and without prejudice to anything else contained in these Rules for Ships, a “Passenger” shall mean a person carried onboard a ship under a contract of carriage or who, with the consent of the carrier, is accompanying a vehicle or live animals covered by a contract for the carriage of

Appendix I Additional insurances

Appendix I Additional insurances 1 Introduction Additional insurances set out in this Appendix shall be subject to the Rules for P&I and Defence cover of Ships and other floating structures (“the Rules”) save to the extent to which any of such Rules are inconsistent with the terms and conditions expressly agreed between the Member and the Association. 2 War

Gard Guidance to the Rules 2021

Limitations etc. on P&I cover - Rule 60: Drilling, production vessels, barges and heavy lift vessels

Rule 60 Drilling, production vessels, barges and heavy lift vessels 1 For a Ship carrying out drilling or production operations in connection with oil or gas exploration or production, the Association shall not cover under a P&I entry any liabilities, losses, costs or expenses arising out of or during drilling or production operations, provided that for the

Claims etc. - Rule 86: Currency of payments

Rule 86 Currency of payments 1 Unless the Association in its sole discretion otherwise decides, the Association shall make all payments for liabilities, losses, costs and expenses covered by the Association in the currency in which the Member’s Estimated Total Call is calculated (the ’premium currency’). 2 Where the Member has made a payment in respect of an

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