Resources

 

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GENERAL AVERAGE


Contracts of affreightment usually provide for general average to be adjusted according to a set of internationally agreed rules, known as the York-Antwerp Rules:


  1. Bullet  York-Antwerp Rules 1994

  2. Bullet  Commentary on the York-Antwerp Rules 2004


Acceptable general average security usually consists of an Average Bond signed by the owner or receiver of the gods and an unlimited and unqualified Average Guarantee signed by the insurer of the goods:


  1. Bullet  Average Bond

  2. Bullet  Average Guarantee

  3. Bullet  Valuation Form

USEFUL WEB LINKS


  1. Bullet  Association of Average Adjusters

  2. Bullet  BIMCO - Standard forms of charterparties, bills of lading etc.

  3. Bullet  Lloyd’s Agency - Details of Lloyd’s Agents worldwide

  4. Bullet  Lloy’d’s Salvage Arbitration Branch - All about the LOF Salvage Agreement and SCOPIC

  5. Bullet  The Norwegian Plan - The Plan and its Commentary courtesy of DNV’s website

  6. Bullet  Exchange Rates - Current and historic from OANDA Corporation

  7. Bullet  World News - from the BBC

  8. Bullet  Current Bunker Prices - from Bunker World

  9. Bullet  World Weather - from the UK Meteorological Office

  10. Bullet  UK Shipping Forecast - from the UK Meteorological Office