Section 524: Liability for reasonable costs

524. Liability for reasonable costs.—(1) The owner of a ship involved in a maritime casualty shall be wholly or partly liable for the reasonable costs of removal of wreck pursuant to section 513 and salvage measures taken under sections 517 and 518 except if and to the extent that the owner proves that the casualty was caused by gross negligence or actions done with intent to cause damage by or on behalf of any government authority in performance of its functions. (2) Reasonable costs for wreck removal measures shall include the reasonable costs made for notification and publication of the wreck’s position, and the reasonable costs for removal lighting, marking, buoying, guarding and transporting the wreck.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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