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The 'Plimsoll line' is the simplest, yet most extraordinary contributor to maritime safety in the last two centuries. 

Gard was founded in 1907 by shipowners who were unwilling to expose themselves, through a mutual insurance arrangement, to the perceived new risks of steam propulsion. Now the wheel is turning full circle and increasingly shipowners are looking to retrofit or buy newbuilds incorporating wind propulsion technology. But what risks might that new equipment pose, and how will marine insurers react to them?

Following Brazil’s ratification of ILO Convention 185, only seafarers’ identification documents issued by ILO Convention 185 member states are accepted as valid travelling documents by Brazil, without the need for a visa.

Karen and Margaret entered the famously rigorous U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point soon after Kings Point first admitted women back in 1978. That’s Margaret pictured in her first week. Gard’s Kim Jefferies had the pleasure and honour to talk with these two extraordinary women about where their experience at Kings Point has taken them in life and how they and fellow women graduates support women and girls to succeed in non-traditional careers.  Margaret currently heads the Alternative Fuels Program at Transparensea Fuels and is founder and President of the non-profit PortVision50. Karen is Managing Director of OCIMF.  

The International Group of P&I Clubs has approved an updated version of the Secro Customer and User Agreement dated 16 March 2023 as well as use of Secro Customer e-bills of lading in conjunction with this User Agreement. 

English law and jurisdiction clause in a marine insurance policy barred claim by insured against the insurer in the United States. Our guest author, Jessie Elizabeth Shifalo, takes us through the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Noble House LLC v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London.