1. The main objectives of the York-Antwerp Rules. Rule a: ga definition.

The object of general average is to ensure that the owner of a vessel or cargo who has incurred an expenditure or suffered a sacrifice of his property in order to extricate the vessel from a perilous position a contribution to his loss from all those who have benefit from the action.

A general average is a partial loss incurred through a deliberate act performed with the intention of preserving all the property involved in a voyage from a danger which threatens them all

The York-Antwerp Rules - are a set of internationally rules, to enable the assessment of each party's general average contribution after an incident in which was general average. Are no incorporated into national law, but accepted by shippers, shipowners, and insurers.

They are in a contact of carriage in a General Average Clause.

1. Extraordinary expenditures and sacrifices. Examples.

The expense of hiring lighters for storing cargo in which efforts to refloat a vessel take place

The expense of hiring a tug with fire-fighting equipment to extinguish a fire on board a vessel

Port of refuge expenses

Salvage charges

1. Interested parties in ga and their relative interests in the maritime venture.

In GA will be interested adjuster, and we must hire technical vessel, solicitors, barristers, surveyors, stevedores, labours, tugs, barges, cranes, authorities., wages and provisions to crew.

1. Documents and evidence required from a ship in a case of ga.

Log extracts and records from vessel, vessel certificates, crew list, condition reports, mate’s receipt, bill of lading , charterparty, crew documents , letters of protest, engine logs, cargo log book entries, bridge log book entries and also many many documents about the vessel conditions.

GA Bond (расписка по общей аварии) - подписывают shipper & receiver.

GA Guarantie - подписывают cargo underwriters.

Estimate - перечень всего , смета.

1. Collisions: definitions. Evidence prior to a collision and after a collision.

The world «collision» means the physical contact between two or more ships.

The main evidence is evidence recording the daily routine of the vessel. For example log books, working charts, movement books, evidence after a collision, the vessel position, exact time of collision, the heading of the vessel during the collision.

1. Sea protest. The procedure and the purposes of noting a sea protest.

The sea protest is a solemn declaration, made on oath by a shipmaster before a person legally empowered to hear declarations.

A protest is a simple statement of fact, without added details.

Procedure.

The Master must find witnesses from crew who has knowledge about the incident. He must consult with the notary. Also he must take to the notary log-book, deck log, or any other information about conditions on the vessel. 3 certified copies of the protest should be obtained from the notary.