The Gard Award
International marine insurance company Gard has entered a new agreement with the Institute of Maritime Law. As part of this, they will be supporting the research and training activities of the Institute.

The agreement was officially launched at an event in Southampton in September where, as part of the ceremony, Mark Russell, Vice president of Gard, presented the first Gard Award for the Best Mark in Carriage of Goods by Sea LLM 2013 to this year’s winner Thea Thorstensen.