ABSTRACT
American law and practice provides for the allowance of wages and maintenance of crew bearing up for a port of refuge and while detained in port, but on rather different terms than are provided in Rule XI. Fuel and stores consumed during extra detention in a port or place of loading, call or refuge shall also be allowed in general average for the period during which wages and maintenance of master, officers and crew are allowed in terms of Rule XI, except such fuel and stores as are consumed in effecting repairs not allowable in general average. The decision of the Vancouver Conference to abolish the allowance of wages and maintenance of crew while at a port of refuge is seemingly a reflection of the International Union of Maritime Insurance (IUMI)'s disapprobation, notwithstanding the arguments favouring retention of the allowance advanced by shipowners and average adjusters.
