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Notes on York Antwerp Rules

Posted on March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 By admin No Comments on Notes on York Antwerp Rules
Notes on York Antwerp Rules

The fact that a general average act can occur in any international waters, or on the high seas, raises the questions of which law and jurisdiction should apply to the general average adjustments. But, if the Rules are incorporated into the contract, they will govern the adjustment of general average. They provide a complete code…

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Notes on York Antwerp Rules

Posted on March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 By admin No Comments on Notes on York Antwerp Rules
Notes on York Antwerp Rules

The fact that a general average act can occur in any international waters, or on the high seas, raises the questions of which law and jurisdiction should apply to the general average adjustments. But, if the Rules are incorporated into the contract, they will govern the adjustment of general average. They provide a complete code…

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Merchant Shipping

Notes on York Antwerp Rules

Posted on March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 By admin No Comments on Notes on York Antwerp Rules
Notes on York Antwerp Rules

The fact that a general average act can occur in any international waters, or on the high seas, raises the questions of which law and jurisdiction should apply to the general average adjustments. But, if the Rules are incorporated into the contract, they will govern the adjustment of general average. They provide a complete code…

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Merchant Shipping

Notes on York Antwerp Rules

Posted on March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 By admin No Comments on Notes on York Antwerp Rules
Notes on York Antwerp Rules

The fact that a general average act can occur in any international waters, or on the high seas, raises the questions of which law and jurisdiction should apply to the general average adjustments. But, if the Rules are incorporated into the contract, they will govern the adjustment of general average. They provide a complete code…

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Merchant Shipping

Maritime Law Q and A ( part 1)

Posted on February 21, 2026February 21, 2026 By admin No Comments on Maritime Law Q and A ( part 1)
Maritime Law Q and A ( part 1)

List out contents of STP Ship Certificate ‘B’. Contents of certificate B The Certificate B and is in the prescribed form and shall state:  The voyage which the ship is to make, and the intermediate ports (if any) at which she is to touch; That she has the proper complement of officers and seamen;…

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Marine Insurance

Posted on March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 By admin No Comments on Marine Insurance
Marine Insurance

DEVIATION UNDER THE MARINE INSURANCE ACT & UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES MAY IT BE EXCUSED? A voyage policy generally defines the port of call for the vessel. If the vessel deviates without a lawful excuse, then the underwriters are discharged from their liability from the time of the deviation & it is immaterial that the ship…

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General Average

Posted on December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 By admin No Comments on General Average
General Average

General Average (GA) “Extraordinary sacrifice made voluntarily and prudently, to save a common maritime adventure from imminent peril,” is GA sacrifice. This principle developed over centuries, meant that if few merchants sent a ship to sea for common gain, any sacrifice made or expanse incurred for good of all, was shared between them in proportion…

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Port of Refuge

Posted on November 22, 2019February 19, 2020 By admin No Comments on Port of Refuge
Port of Refuge

Port of Refuge – A port of Refuge is a port or place that the vessel diverts to when her master considers it is unsafe to continue the voyage due to peril that threatens the “common safety”, e.g. when there is a dangerous ingress of water into a vessel, a dangerous shift of cargo. the…

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