Cap. 13 Art. 284Contribution to general average where freighter fails to ship cargo, or ships only a portion thereof.

If during the voyage the vessel which has sailed without a cargo, or with a portion only of the cargo, sustains a loss which would have given rise to a general average in case the vessel had taken on board a full cargo, the person letting the vessel may claim from the freighter a contribution reckoned on two-thirds of the goods which the latter failed to ship.