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What actions might qualify as general average acts?

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.

 

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