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Salvage refers to an act of a vessel to rescue another vessel, cargo and life from immediate danger threatening their safety. International shipping is risky. A vessel may encounter various natural disasters or conditions that threaten the safety of the vessel or the cargo and life on board the vessel. Often a vessel in danger needs external assistance from another vessel to avoid or reduce damages to the vessel or its cargo and life. For example, a stranded vessel may need external assistance to move; a damaged vessel may need to be towed or escorted to a safe port or a place for repair or preservation; property and life on a sinking vessel may need to be saved; a vessel that has caught fire may need assistance to extinguish the fire; a vessel that has sustained damage from a natural disaster may need provisions of supplies from another vessel to continue the voyage. Without such assistance, the vessel or the cargo and life on board the vessel may suffer a great or total loss. In order to encourage vessels to provide necessary and adequate assistance to vessels when needed, international shipping practice rewards the rescuing acts of salvors. For this purpose, the international shipping practice recognises the right of a salvor to offer assistance in exchange for compensation. The purpose of this article is to study the law relating to maritime salvage in England, Kuwait and under the 1989 International Convention relating to Salvage.
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