Cap. 13 ст. 444General averages.

The following are general averages:

(a) goods thrown overboard for the common safety, or for the benefit of the vessel and the cargo jointly;

(b) cables, masts, sails, and other rigging, cut away or broken for the said purpose;

(c) anchors, cordage or other things abandoned for the said purpose;

(d) any damage done by jettison to goods remaining on board;

(e) any damage voluntarily done to the vessel in order to facilitate the jettison, to lighten the vessel, or to save the goods, or in order to facilitate the running out of the water; and any damage sustained by the cargo from these causes;

(f) the maintenance of the seamen during the carrying out of the repairs of the damage voluntarily sustained for the common safety;

(g) the expenses of unloading in order to lighten the vessel, and of putting into any port or other place, when the vessel is compelled to do so by stress of weather, pursuit of enemies or pirates, or any other cause for the safety of the vessel and the cargo;

(h) any damage caused to the vessel or to the cargo, or to both, if the vessel is voluntarily run ashore to avoid her capture or loss, or to save the vessel or the cargo from any other imminent peril; the expenses and wages for getting the vessel afloat; and the salvage payable for extraordinary services to avoid loss or capture in the aforesaid cases;

(i) generally, any damage voluntarily sustained in cases of danger, and all expenses incurred, for the common benefit and preservation of the vessel and of the goods, from the time of loading and sailing, up to the time of the return and discharge.