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CHAPTER 13
Tug and tow and general average
Part A The special issues arising
General Average and the York-Antwerp Rules
13.1 It is beyond the scope of this book to give any account of the law and practice relating to general average. The leading general text on this subject is Lowndes and Rudolf, The Law of General Average and the York-Antwerp Rules (15th edn, 2018), now edited by Richard Cornah, Richard Sarll and J. B. Shead (“Lowndes and Rudolf”). A basic definition of general average can be taken as follows (see
Voyage Charters
(5th edn, 2022), para. 20.1):