Award N°1109 – (Second degree) Fire in cargo – Undeclared general average. Following a fire extinguished with sea water, a cargo of paper has been damaged. Although the owner did not declare general average, arbitrators decided to make reference to the customs of the trade, thus applying, as a scheme, the York & Antwerp Rules in order to determine the amount of the indemnity an adjuster would have ascertained in such an occurrence.
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