'File 5/6 DECLARATION OF GENERAL AVERAGE ON ACCOUNT OF S.S."BARENFELS" HAVING BEEN FOUNDERED NEAR FESHT AL DHIJBAL.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 5/6 DECLARATION OF GENERAL AVERAGE ON ACCOUNT OF S.S."BARENFELS" HAVING BEEN FOUNDERED NEAR FESHT AL DHIJBAL.'
- Date:
- 1929/1930
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns the decision of the agents of the German Hansa Line ship SS Barenfelsto declare 'general average' after the vessel ran aground at the Fesht al Djibal (a reef off the east coast of Bahrain). (The location is spelled Fesht al Dhijbal in the title of the file). General average is a legal principle of maritime law according to which all parties in a sea venture proportionally share any losses resulting from a voluntary sacrifice of part of the ship or cargo to save the whole in an emergency. Following the declaration of general average, a number of local merchants in Bahrain who had cargo on the Barelfelsrefused to make the required 5% payment on the invoice value of the ship's cargo or to sign the general average bond, and made various complaints against the agents. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain (Claud Cranbrook Lewis deGrenier); the agents of the Hansa Line, Mohamed Sharif H. Kutbuddin Awazi and Company, Bahrain; and local merchants.The Arabic language content of the file is largely confined to a bilingual notice in English and Arabic issued by the Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain on folio 4.Physical description: Foliation - the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Law of the sea
Shipping agents
SS Barenfels, steamship - Geographic region:
- Fesht al Djibal
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00035b_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00035b_en
IOR/R/15/2/1188
IOR/R/15/2/1188