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The following is excerpted from a 1924 international shipping agreement called the Hague Rules. The latter half of article 4.6 reads: "If any such goods shipped with such knowledge and consent shall become a danger to the ship or cargo, they may in like manner be landed at any place, or destroyed or rendered innocuous by the carrier without liability on the part of the carrier except to general average, if any."
The goods in question are goods not declared to be potentially dangerous or harmful within the shipper's bill of lading. My question is what exactly does "general average" mean in this context?
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The following is excerpted from a 1924 international shipping agreement called the Hague Rules. The latter half of article 4.6 reads: "If any such goods shipped with such knowledge and consent shall become a danger to the ship or cargo, they may in like manner be landed at any place, or destroyed or rendered innocuous by the carrier without liability on the part of the carrier except to general average, if any."
The goods in question are goods not declared to be potentially dangerous or harmful within the shipper's bill of lading. My question is what exactly does "general average" mean in this context?
Thanks for your comments!