{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"York-Antwerp Rules","description":"A vessel is in distress and the master orders cargo jettisoned to save the ship—who bears the loss? The York-Antwerp Rules provide the answer. Developed and periodically revised by the Comité Maritime International (CMI), they are a private international ruleset defining which sacrifices and extraordinary expenditures qualify as general average acts and how the resulting contributions are apportioned among shipowners, cargo interests, and freight. First codified in 1877 and last revised in 2016,","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/york-antwerp-rules-2","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-26T17:27:26.116682","citation":"https://comitemaritime.org/work/york-antwerp-rules/","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/york-antwerp-rules-2","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"York-Antwerp Rules · A vessel is in distress and the master orders cargo jettisoned to save the ship—who bears the loss? · Quelle: https://comitemaritime.org/work/york-antwerp-rules/"}