Under Mediterranean maritime customary tribunals applying the Lex Rhodia doctrine, a shipmaster was permitted to enforce general average indemnification against cargo owners for emergency jettison of cargo during storms only if the vessel had passed an official seaworthiness inspection prior to departure and a majority of onboard merchant supercargoes voted to ratify the jettison. Furthermore, no tribunal would enforce an indemnification claim if the vessel carried unmanifested contraband goods during the voyage. Following a storm during an 842 CE voyage from Amalfi to Alexandria, the vessel Galatea lost cargo due to emergency jettison, and the maritime tribunal subsequently ordered the cargo owners to pay general average indemnification to the shipmaster.
Statement: Based on the facts established above, the Galatea was not carrying unmanifested contraband goods during the voyage, and a majority of the onboard merchant supercargoes ratified the jettison.
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