Loss Prevention Circular No .14-10 by GARD
Background
When a vessel changes ownership and/or manager, the rule has generally been that the outgoing technical managers remove all maintenance records from the ship, leaving the incoming crew and management with minimum information on the condition of both ship and machinery. This has even been seen where ownership remains the same, and there is a simple change of management - the outgoing management leaves no information behind, thus putting the incoming management at a serious disadvantage and increasing the risk and uncertainty for both owners and underwriters. In one recent case involving a simple change of management, the superintendant could not find any information in the maintenance system and the previous technical manager was not very co-operative.
