Acts such as: (1) taking a tow to a port of refuge after a major machinery failure;
(2) jettisoning or discharging cargo to aid refloating after stranding; (3) extinguishing a fire; (4) wetting previously undamaged cargo while extinguishing a fire; (5) beaching a ship (i. e. voluntary stranding) to avoid foundering; (6) putting into a port of refuge during a loaded voyage due to fire, shifting of cargo, collision, grounding, leakage, etc.; (7) putting into a port of refuge to effect essential hull or machinery repairs.
