what are york antwerp rules 
the york antwerp rules are a set of maritime regulations concerning protocols surrounding jettisoned cargo often contracts and bills of lading will include these maritime rules and use them as a framework to establish liability and assign costs for lost and damaged cargo the rules are broken into provisions that help set cost obligations provisions include the general average to help allocate the cost of losses the particular average relating to the cargo owner and the salvage average applied to salvage operations and rescue crews 