What is new jason clause ?

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cargo owner to cntribute in GA

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New Jason Clause (or Amended Jason Clause)
- is required to protect owners against the possibility of US lawsuits.
- Under US common law, a shipowner cannot claim General Average contributions from cargo where there has been faulty navigation or management of the ship. The owners will therefore seek to exonerate himself from liability for loss from these causes. However, the Harter Act 1893 made it illegal to insert any clause in a bill of lading exonerating the ship from liability for loss caused through negligence, improper stowage, etc. Even so, a clause was commonly inserted in bills of lading giving owners the right to claim General Average contributions from cargo.
- Validity of the clause was tested in a 1904 court case concerning the s.s. Jason, and in 1911 after lengthy litigation, the clause’s validity was upheld by the court.
- It has since been extended to include salvage, and is now called the New (or Amended) Jason Clause and commonly inserted in bills of lading and charter parties.