Introduction
The Communiqué on the 2016 York Antwerp Rules was entered
into force through publication in the Official Gazette dated 19
February 2019 and numbered 30691. The York Antwerp Rules set out
the principles of the "general average" for the equitable
allocation of sacrifices made in case of a sudden threat in
maritime travel. The general average is defined as sharing the
damages and costs that are the result of loss suffered in order to
save a ship and her cargo from danger in the event of abnormal
danger faced by the ship and cargo in the course of maritime
travel.
The general average is firstly regulated by national laws. The
fact that the parties related to transportation in maritime
transports (persons related to the cargo and ship) generally have
different nationalities, and the differences between national laws
has revealed the need to create a uniform body of rules as to
general averages. As a result of the works initiated by the
International Law
