562. General average expenditure.

Extraordinary expenditure¹ incurred by the shipowner for the safety of the adventure may be recovered by him as a general average sacrifice², but he cannot recover all extraordinary expenses incurred for the purpose of continuing the voyage³.

Thus, the expense of discharging the cargo and placing it into lighters or landing it is a general average expenditure⁴; but expenses incurred after the removal of the cargo, for example in connection with the refloating of the ship, are incurred to save the ship, and are not, as a general rule, for the preservation of the cargo; they must, therefore, be borne